2018 Year-End Review
2018 is coming to a close. It was a year of milestone events in our house. Here is some of what happened, some of what I’ve written about, some new…
Category: High school Activities
The Pressure to Conform or Not
This morning I asked my son what day it was for week of special dress up days at the high school. I had seen that they had a theme for…
Learning to Serve
Now that school is underway, students seem busier than ever. My youngest is an example. He has a full course load including AP classes, plays a varsity sport, and has…
Support What They Love
Tonight was senior night for my son’s soccer team. He’s only a junior but it was impossible not to be swept up in the excitement that filled the air near…
Graduation Memories
It was graduation weekend for my son’s high school senior class. While it was a wonderful occasion, there were some oddities. My sister not having a hotel room due to…
Kindness Projects…Ideas for Making the World a Better Place
This year my boys were involved in some unusual learning projects in high school. My soon to graduate senior took a business course called Building Wealth that was more of…
The Gift That I Needed
Yesterday, I was doing some work for school, and the phone rang. The caller id said, “Janesville”. There is not anyone in Janesville that we know, so it was probably…
Parent Teacher Conferences? Be there?
We have always viewed the education of our sons to be a team effort – between us and their teachers. But, what if a member of the team fails to…
