Each year, in the spring, things get a little tense in Texas elementary schools as the STAAR test arrives.  The day of testing everything...

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Recently, I hosted a baby shower with a group of friends at work for a friend at work, Kristen.  The theme was Milk and Cookies (and books, ...

Last year myself and many of the people I work with were really moved by the struggles of a student in our third grade who was diagnosed wit...

At school, whenever I hear there is a case of lice (which happens relatively regularly at a school of almost 500)....I discover that I too h...

I get to spend my day with MANY special friends, some a little more special than others. It's never boring. This afternoon I had a hod...

My friend just sent me an email, and she changed her signature at the end of the email this year, with a new quote as her year's motto. ...

The short straw is the only way I can introduce today's adventure. I do NOT like computers very much. I appreciate the ability to be ab...

This afternoon I met my pals from the very first school I taught at for lunch. They laugh and calls us the Northlake Disciples as we go off...

7 years after my 'first class' of students-I got to watch these students graduate. We hold a graduation ceremony for the 6th grader...

I've been thinking about my first group of students a lot over the last few weeks as they get ready to graduate. I remember I wanted to...

Today my old teaching partner and I went to one of the high schools our first students are currently attending

So far,things have been relatively normal the last week in my life. This weekend was all about shopping, eating, and spending time with lots...

....teaching Saturday School! Spring Saturday school starts tomorrow at 8 am. It runs through April....help....

The age old question in schools (regardless of the grade) is-"What do you want to be when you grow up?" It's talked about, wr...

Ahh....school....it's creeping up...one thing I've learned about my new position is that it requires even more time than my last pos...

This is the sort of thing I pass when walking around the house.....I guess Lilly is serious about keeping me at home now that I'm here.....

I know each of you could remind me why I chose to take this new position, but today was a sad day all the same as I said good bye to a class...

Today I got the news I had been waiting for-it seems like longer than it really has been because I began this process last year as well, but...

Yesterday I interviewed for a Campus Reading Specialist Position. The interview went really well and it was all friendly faces in the inter...