Spring Break. The calm before the storm. We’ve been back from our desperately needed two-week break for two weeks now, and it’s been…A LOT. Before COVID hit, construction started on our school remodel, and I’m not talking new furniture
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The Kids Will Be Okay
When you’ve been in education long enough, you learn a valuable lesson: Adults will frustrate and disappoint you far more than any kid will. Right now, I am really disappointed in a lot of adults. We are being flooded with
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Unexpected Student Interests
We have completed our first full week of in-class instruction. It has been calm and a rather easy transition since we kept the same structure as our online setup. This has been especially necessary due to half of the class
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Leaps of Faith
30 feet high and nothing but crystal ocean and coral sand below. Jumping wasn’t just an act but a declaration. A chance to risk. Being 11 is difficult. Moving across the world complicates things. In my previous post I mentioned
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Enemy, Obstacle, Trap, Puzzle, Lie, Truth
Can you find the six title words in the puzzle above? A book I finished last week provides insights I’d never considered before about how to view problems. In the novel The Nix, Nathan Hill tells the story of a
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If not now, when? If not you, who?
If you went to PreK-12 in Arizona, I have a survey for you. What grade were you in when you learned the following: In 1943, Asian Americas living west of Grand Avenue in Glendale, AZ went to interment camps; however,
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Now Is the Time
Today marks the first day of my Spring Break. Five days of rest and recharge before the fourth quarter begins. When break ends, it will also mean the return of in-person learning. While I am excited to see many of
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Resilience and Adults
Multiple times this year adults have said to me that they feel so sorry for children who have to wear masks all day long, or practice social distancing, or do any of the many, many mitigation strategies that have helped
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The Land of Comparison
Social Media- A land of grand ideas and so many talented people and a lot of comparison. Whether it be Facebook, Instagram, Pinterst, or Twitter, it can be easy to start scrolling and start comparing. In the last 3 months,
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