Work Hard, Be Courageous, Celebrate Growth

Our building blocks to success have replaced our traditional "rules."  Our focus is now directed to acting responsible as ...

Poster found here . Ann and I start the school year now from a completely different perspective:  We are facilitators in a student-ce...

Celina, as usual, inspired me to jump on the blog and reflect on what I have read so far this summer. So far my Kindle has been my go to res...

Can be purchased here Summer brings about many things for me, one in particular being a summer reading list.  I have been an avid rea...

Image found here . The summer break has brought rain in abundance.  The smell in the air is wonderful and very much welcomed.  It brings...

It is shocking and amazing to realize that we are well into April. The longer days, warmer weather and upcoming testing remind us that...

Yesterday I came across a challenge by Marty Stevens (@martylstevens) encouraging educators to personally identify the issues they believe t...

  Everyday Ann and I learn with our students.   Sometimes they bring new ideas to the table.   This week they suggested graphing t...

Image found here .   I am very excited to share that this past week Aspects of Whole Child Classrooms posted on ASCD's Whole Chi...

"My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good...