Crescent Blogs

Fall is my favourite season, when days grow shorter and the air is crisp. The fall colours are beautiful, as are the long shadows. It signals a time of transition and I begin to wonder about the promise ahead. The fall is also enrolment season, and just as we start one school year, we begin planning for the next. 

Prospective parents and students often have many questions, and you might be surprised by the one question we have heard most frequently in recent years: “Why does Crescent only begin at Grade 3?”

To become an effective communicator, one needs to be aware of the rhetorical situation. This refers to the context that surrounds any piece of writing, the reason it’s written, who it’s written for, and the circumstances that shape its creation.