Qualities of Leadership Series: #2 Resilience
What do you consider important for students to know? Is it the content in your class? Is it how to apply that content to everyday life? Or, might it be…
Category: Student Life
A Nice Note to Start the School Year!
As with other educators, I am spending time getting ready for a new school year. Yes, even non-formal educators, such as myself, do this. This morning I revised my garden…
Enrichment Based Summer School Work Morphs into AP Course Prep
Yesterday was August fifth! I honestly do not know where this summer has gone! In the past, during most summers, I kept my boys busy with enrichment exercises to prevent…
Categories? Who needs them?
What did the new high school graduate do the first school day after graduation? The graduate was out of bed by 7:40 a.m.. He went to the YMCA to work…
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…
Have you Ever ….. Seen Your Dentist at a Track Meet?
Yesterday was one of those crazy busy days. My husband was up and out before 6 am. He was going to attend a meeting of drivers for a company where…
Procrastination Fueled by Inefficiency, Disorganization, and Devaluing
Procrastination is not usually something that affects me personally. Character traits such as being highly organized, efficient, motivated, and goal orientated are more likely terms you might hear to describe…
Investments in Home Maker Spaces
About a year ago, we got a 3-D printer. As parents, we try to support our children’s interests. Outside of school, each of our sons have some self-cultivated abilities that…
