Today I took my child out of school early today, not for a doctor’s appointment, or a religious reason, not because he called home feeling ill. This was planned. We went to the Tacoma Glass Museum to watch Maestro Lino Tagliapietra in the hot shop. Now, some parents (and schools) are sticklers for attendance. ONLY […]
Category: school
Bragging Rights
As you-all probably know by now, I am unjustifiably proud of my kids. Well, it’s school play season again, and our younger has a great part (again). Here he is in a few pics from today, ladies and gents, I present Nicely-Nicely Johnson! Makeup artist at work: How to take a hat off, you can […]
Guys and Dolls
Well, you heard it here first (maybe): our acting stidkid once again has a speaking/singing part in the school production. He will play Nicely-Nicely Johnson in Guys and Dolls, Jr. Research tells us that the original actor of the role was Stubby Kaye, who played Nicely first in 1950 on Broadway, and again in the […]
Recovering slowly…
Initially, I didn’t have time or energy yet to write a full report on the last two three weeks, but I revised this the next day to cover the high (and low) lights. Suffice it to say, busy had been the operative word non-stop until December 20. And the next day I spent trying to […]
Update on School Levy Amendment
I woke this morning to learn that the levy is considered to be passing with a growing lead. That lead amounts to less than 1% still… 50.3668% in favor and 49.6332% opposed. I will not hold my breath, but will wait until the measures are certified in a few weeks. Meantime, I received a comment […]
The Importance of Education
warning: the following post contains a long rant… You may recall that I wrote a post earlier this month about voting, about the importance of participation in the whole electoral process. You may also recall that I wrote specifically about HJR 4204, an amendment to the state constitution that would allow a majority of people […]
Helping in High School
I never thought I would do it, but I did. I am helping in one of the kids’ English classes at the local high school. They have book discussion groups, and I am working with one (my kid and two others chose to read the same book). Today was the first day I got to […]
Another New Page
A Writing Notebook Quotes and miscellany about and for writers and writing. It is in the “Literary Pursuits” category in the navigation table. Things in the Notebook will be, like a real notebook, in random order and never sorted… Enjoy!
A project to be proud of…
And I am. This is the bulletin board I have been blogging about, stage one: I left the table and chairs in for scale. The long side of the board is a little more than 28 feet long. The side with the book cover about 4 feet. 3 1/2 feet tall. Each little “button” along […]
Great Ideas in Education
Okay, there are so many things that a teacher or school can do to engage learners, that it is pointless to try to list them all. So I won’t. Of the very best, key are probably small classes/individual instruction, helping the students see how what they are learning applies to real life, and getting the […]