Great Sportsmanship

Wow, what a story! These girls are awesome. Don't we wish all of our students would have this kind of sportsmanship?

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Employment Law Resource

In doing research for our emplyment issue paper I have come across an interesting site that may be of benefit to us all. It's listed under my "Legal Links" section, but I'll list it here as well. It is called HRhero.com and has a wealth of information about employment law. Click on this if you'd like to take a look at the site: http://www.hrhero.com/

Do you want to learn all you can about your students?

If you would like a better understanding of the students in your school (and your own children if that applies) check out the books in the MUST READ list on the side. These two books go in depth in understanding children in our schools (and at home). Reviving Ophelia is shorter than Real Boys in case time is an issue (outside of our HW!) but they are both well worth the time. The names in the list are links to the authors' websites should you want more information. By the way, as I was adding them to my list today I noticed that Dr. Pollack has added a workbook and a Voices book to his study of boys. If you've read either of these two please let me know what you liked best about them. Thank you. :)

A New Perspective

This new journey on which we in Class 15 have been venturing has been very interesting, to say the least, to me. I have always been a high school teacher at heart but have taught at the middle school level as well as the high school level. In questioning a former high school co-worker who is now an elementary school principal, I found it interesting when he told me he enjoyed the elementary level more as an administrator. I thought to myself, "No way!" So, this last week, I took the opportunity to visit in two schools. One a high school, the other an elementary school. I honestly can't say that I enjoyed one more than the other! I even volunteered to do lunch duty in the elementary school and had a good time! I was surprised! Perhaps the highlight of the day was setting up a meeting with a "Big Brother" and the Principal for two young children at that school. I set up the appointment on a day when I could return and told the Principal I would like to be at the meeting. She was very receptive to that and in fact told me that she also would like me to be there. Wow! How cool! I know I'll be returning there for future visits.

My plan is to visit all the schools in this county, something I had not necessarily planned on doing before. I know we were told in June by the 2nd years that we should do that, but like I said above, not the elementary schools for me. Well, now, yes, the elementary schools for me.

When my daughter was born and in her early years I did a lot of reading on the importance of exposure to intellectual stimuli in the formative years. Now that she's older, perhaps this will be a way to continue on that path, ensuring that our youngest children receive as much stimulation as they can from the adults in their lives.