Red River’s new shorter summer vacation is ending soon.  Students return to public schools on August 11^th.  Red River Public Schools has published helpful information for parents to get their children back into the swing of the school schedule.

When students have been out of classes for several weeks, some find it difficult to get back in the habit of getting up early to get ready for school. In the last days before classes resume, it might be helpful to have your student begin following the time schedule of bedtime that you typically follow when school is in session. Hopefully, it becomes an “Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise,” reaction, like the old English nursery rhyme claimed.

True enough, adults can also find it difficult to adjust from a more relaxed schedule. In fact, it usually seems more difficult for adults to make the change, even to be healthier, wealthier and wiser.