Here are my submissions for this the Cee’s Photo Challenge: Dome, Arches, or Half Circle of this week. Enjoy! Each photo is captioned near the bottom if you hover over the photograph with your mouse.
Does New Educational Lingo Impede Progress?
Every few years, new educational buzzwords seem to surface. I remember first noticing this when we were in the third year of running a district wide Parent Support Group for families with Talented and Gifted students. In the third year of our existence, 2013, a new instructional services person was hired. She was not new…
With a Little Help From My Friends…
You know this old Beatles tune, right? “I get by with a little help from my friends….” In 1967, it was part of the Beatles album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Over the last week, and particularly yesterday, the song came to mind as I readied for my middle son’s high school graduation party. …
The Daily Post: Word Press Photo Challenge, All Time Favorites!
I learned this week that The Daily Post by WordPress will no longer be offered prompts – which I rarely used, or Photo Challenges, in which I did participate regularly. As their last challenge, they have asked for participants to photo their all time favorite photos. I hope you enjoy mine. It will be hard…
A Page Turning Day…
Do you ever have a day when you feel like you are turning a page? Yesterday was a day like that for me. It started off as being productive. Preparations for our high school graduation party are underway, so this has necessitated more multi-tasking than usual. Purposely, my day was broken into parts. Early morning…
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 out. He looked up his math placement test instructions for his college orientation later next month. And, he is busy now working on repairing our…
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 the location having a fire and not notifying them. (It all worked out – She was able to stay somewhere else & she was welcome…
Silent Sunday: Commencement, An End & A Beginning for the Class of 2018
Word Press Weekly Photo Challenge: Twisted
The following are my submissions for the Word Press Weekly Photo Challenge: Twisted. Origami is folded paper but sometimes it is folded in such a way that allows movement. The first set of photos is called the Curlee-Q which is made from one long continuous piece of paper and the second set of photos is…
My Experience: Applying for a Seat on the School Board
Today is Slice of Life Tuesday and since most participants are educators that participate in this posting forum, I thought I would share about my experience of running for a vacant seat on our school board. We had a school board election last April. An incumbent who served for 20 years lost by 18 votes….