Monday, February 25, 2013

A Question... A Response...


A question posed. I was asked to identify 5 key characteristics of a successful student. As I reflected on the success of my students,  DRIVE defined itself...

D
etermination
R
esourcefulness
I
nspiration
V
itality
E
ndurance

...and so it is the role of the educator, the mentor, the coach, to facilitate bringing the student to 
DRIVE mode... all gears ready to go the distance ... being there for each pit stop that comes to pass...



And so let the gifts be known, the needs be addressed, the success be realized...

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and doers are developed.


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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

The Indigo Evolution Full Length Documentary Indigo children ~ The APOGEE Learning Paradigm in response...


As I work with "Indigo Children," so many of the children of the present day,  I become known to myself. APOGEE Learning Enhancement Training Systems™ was founded in 1983, in response to the unmet needs and misunderstanding of the special learners. APOGEE Acu-Tone™ grew out of the need to create a 'resonance' - a balancing of energies disrupted by the inappropriate demands, judgments and restrictions imposed upon these children of light. As I trace the 'different learners' into their teens and adult lives, who have been plagued by educational programs inappropriate to their needs, learning styles and special gifts, it becomes evident that there is a need to 'clear' the ill effects of those hurtful experiences.  The interplay and integration of services of APOGEE Learning™ and APOGEE Acu-Tone™ have brought understanding, support and an opportunity for students of light to become fully known to themselves.  And so offered... Do peruse... http://www.apogeeacutone.blogspot.com/ in addition  to http://www.apogeelearning.com/ ... all inquiries welcomed.

Within the 30 year timeline of the APOGEE Learning Paradigm, I have the ongoing satisfaction of seeing those misunderstood, labelled 'special cases' among present day entrepreneurs, lawyers, doctors, dancers, musicians, engineers, educators, social workers, athletes, writers, artists, actors, yes, among the doers and shakers!!!

And so let the gifts be known, the needs be addressed, the success be realized...

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 •

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The Academics and the Arts
~ Soar To Success ~


With autonomy, mastery and purpose,
creative, caring, free thinkers
and doers are developed.


Call for your FREE Introductory Consultation.
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Sunday, February 10, 2013

The different learner making the difference...DYSLEXIA

 

Here are the names of some of the many talented and accomplished individuals who are dyslexic, or had traits associated with dyslexia or related learning styles...



Actors and Entertainers:

• Harry Anderson
• Orlando Bloom
• Harry Belafonte
• Charley Boorman
• Tom Cruise
• Danny Glover
• Whoopi Goldberg
• Susan Hampshire
• Jay Leno
• Christopher Lowell
• Keanu Reeves.
• Kiera Knightley
• Oliver Reed.
• Billy Bob Thornton.
• Tom Smothers
• Vince Vaughn
• Henry Winkler
• Loretta Young


Artists, Designers, and Architects:

• Leonardo da Vinci.
• Ansel Adams, Photographer.
• David Bailey, Photographer.
• Chuck Close.
• Ignacio Gomez, Muralist.
• Tommy Hilfiger, Clothing Designer.
• Ian Marley, Contemporary Artist, South Africa.
• Pablo Picasso.
• Robert Rauschenberg.
• Auguste Rodin.
• Bennett Strahan
• Robert Toth
• Jørn Utzon (architect, designed Sydney Opera house)
• Andy Warhol.
• Willard Wigan, micro sculptor.


Athletes:

• Muhammad Ali, World Heavyweight Champion Boxer
• Duncan Goodhew, Olympic Swimmer
• Bruce Jenner, Olympic Decathlon Gold Medalist
• Magic Johnson
• Greg Louganis
• Bob May, golfer.
• Diamond Dallas Page, World Wrestling Champion.
• Steve Redgrave, Olympic Gold Medalist (rowing).
• Nolan Ryan, Baseball Pitcher.
• Rex Ryan, Coach.
• Jackie Stewart, race car driver.


Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders:

• Richard Branson,Founder of Virgin Enterprises.
• John T Chambers,CEO of Cisco Systems.
• Henry Ford.
• William Hewlett, Co-Founder, Hewlett-Packard.
• Ingvar Kamprad, founder of IKEA.
• Sir Peter Leitch, New Zealand businessman
• Craig McCaw, Telecommunications Visionary.
• O.D. McKee, founder of McKee Foods.
• David Neeleman, CEO of jetBlue Airways.
• Paul J. Orfalea, founder of Kinko's.
• Charles Schwab, Investor.
• Ted Turner, President, Turner Broadcasting Systems.
• Robert Woodruff, President of Coca-Cola, 1923-1954.
• Frank W. Woolworth.


Filmmakers:

• Robert Benton.
• Nicole Betancourt, Emmy-winning filmmaker.
• Walt Disney.
• Søren KraghJacobsen (Danish film director).
• Steven Spielberg


Inventors and Scientists:

• Ann Bancroft, Arctic Explorer.
• Alexander Graham Bell.
• John Britten, Inventor.
• Pierre Curie, Physicist (1903 Nobel Prize).
• Thomas Edison.
• Albert Einstein.
• Michael Faraday.
• Carol Greider, Molecular Biologist, awarded 2009 Nobel Prize in Medicine.
• Jack Horner, Paleontologist.
• Dr. Peter Lovatt, psychologist and dancer.
• Dr. James Lovelock.
• Paul MacCready "Engineer of the Century."
• Archer Martin, Chemist (1952 Nobel Laureate)
• Matthew H. Schneps, Astrophysicist
• John R. Skoyles, Brain Researcher.


Law and Justice:

• David Boies, Attorney.
• Erin Brockovich, Investigator.
• Jeffrey H. Gallet, Judge.

Military Heroes:


• Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson.
• George Patton.


Musicians and Vocalists:

• Cher.
• Brad Little.
• John Lennon.
• Nigel Kennedy, Violinist.
• Bob Weir, Grateful Dead Guitarist.


Physicians and Surgeons

• Harvey Cushing, Surgeon.
• Fred Epstein, Neurosurgeon.


Political Leaders:

• Winston Churchill.
• King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.
• Michael Heseltine.
• Andrew Jackson.
• Thomas Jefferson.
• John F. Kennedy.
• Gavin Newsom, Mayor of San Francisco.
• Nelson Rockefeller.
• Paul Wellstone, U.S. Senator.
• Woodrow Wilson.
• George Washington.


Writers and Journalists:

• Scott Adams, Cartoonist (Dilbert)
• Hans Christian Andersen
• Avi
• Jeanne Betancourt, (Author of "My Name is Brain Brian").
• Stephen Cannell, television writer & novelist.
• John Corrigan, novelist.
• Larry Chambers.
• Agatha Christie.
• John Edmund Delezen, author of Eye of the Tiger and Red Plateau.
• Andrew Dornenburg, award-winning author and chef.
• Richard Engel, NBC Foreign Correspondent.
• Fannie Flagg (Author of "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe").
• F. Scott Fitzgerald.
• Gustave Flaubert.
• Sally Gardner, children's writer and illustrator.
• Terry Goodkind fantasy writer, author of The Sword of Truth series.
• Byron Pitts, CBS News Correspondent.
• Patricia Polacco, Children's Author and Illustrator.
• Eileen Simpson (Author of "Reversals").
• Natasha Solomons, contemporary novelist.
• Philip Schultz, winner of 2008 Pulitzer Prize for poetry.
• Elizabeth Daniels Squire(author of mystery novels).
• Bernie Taylor, author of Biological Time.
• Victor Villaseñor, author of bestselling novel, Rain of Gold
• William Butler Yeats, poet.

Information Source: http://www.dyslexia.com/famous.htm




And so let the gifts be known, the needs be addressed, the success be realized...

• Inquiries welcomed
 •

• Call or post 
• All Questions Answered •


The APOGEE Achiever Program™ 
The Academics and the Arts
~ Soar To Success ~
Call for your FREE Introductory Consultation.
•all sessions personalized and one-to-one•
•comfortable environment•
•warm and nurturing support•

845-359-9056
toll free: 1-866-228-8663
1-866-ACU-TONE