Helping Students Deal with Stress
9/11 week – the day that changed our country but also the day that changed a generation. The next generation is the first generation to experience terrorism on our soil […]
The Strongest Student I Know
Teachers are often role models for students but sometimes students serve as role models for teachers. This is true about Robyn Clarke, a senior at Northgate High School. I have […]
Last Minute Reminders to My Former Students in College
You will spend a lot of time in college taking classes to prepare you for a job or what you will do in life, but my challenge to you is […]
4% of Light or 96% of Darkness – the Choice is Yours
On Monday, a total eclipse of a school day, Newnan, GA experienced 96% totality of a solar eclipse. I learned a few things on this day. 1 – Northgate’s office […]
What? Who? and How? My First Day Activity
Who? What? Where? Why? When? How? I often wonder if I should have been a journalism major because my life and teaching always come back to the basic journalistic questions. […]
My Teaching Manifesto
These are my commitments to myself, my students, and my profession for the 2017-2018 school year. If you are an educator in any capacity – teacher, administrator, curriculum coach, county […]
A Month’s Worth of Prayers for Teachers
Here I am minding my own business at the pool when all of the sudden I realize it’s July 31st. WHAT??? Say it isn’t so. Why can’t life be beaches, […]
