September 16, 2021 Webster declares the essential meaning of hope to be “to want something to happen or be true and think that it could happen or be true.” Summer afforded much reason to hope the school year would be normal. Families traveled to various regions to enjoy sand and surf. Baseball royalty descended upon … Continue reading Deferred Hope

September 2, 2021 Dear Families, As I contemplated this week’s message, my mind jumped from topic to topic with no real focus. I contemplated numerous topics of importance. I created a list of potential ideas. The ideas ranged from restorative practice in discipline to the challenges of change, from the importance of embracing growth to … Continue reading 10 Things I’ve Learned through Education

May 13, 2021 You navigate through a maze of challenges every day. Simply transitioning from one class to another invites a myriad of obstacles. Within any given 24 hour period, you face internal and external conflict. Friendships falter and explode in a single post. Text messages often ignite a wildfire of emotions in a single … Continue reading An Open Letter to High School Students

May 7, 2021 Friday, March 13, 2020, our entire world turned upside down. The halls of our school fell silent. You left for Spring Break, carefree and full of energy. The looming threat of a changing world remained unknown to you. Mask mandates and stay-at-home orders remained a mystery to all of us. The magnitude … Continue reading An Open Letter to My eLearners

April 29, 2021 I remember the first day of school like it was yesterday. My heart leaped with excitement at the thought of each of your faces bursting from your cars, eager to make your way to your teachers.  A new school year.  Filled with anticipation and hope. You entered the playground and large turf … Continue reading An Open Letter to My PreK and Elementary Students

April 15, 2021 In August, we embarked on an unprecedented journey together. Words like social distancing, cohorts, and hybrid learning became staple vocabulary. Hallways suddenly controlled your path to class. No longer would you be able to linger at your locker joking with your friends. Together we embarked on the academic journey that brought me … Continue reading An Open Letter to my Middle School Students

Dear Families,We eat, sleep, and breathe baseball at our house. When I need inspiration, I search the Baseballism website. I could produce post after post discussing all that I’ve learned from baseball. In fact, I would argue that all I ever needed to learn, I learned from baseball.  My top three favorite Baseballisms: The name … Continue reading Baseball Fever

April 23, 2020 Dear Class of 2020, In August of 2015, you entered my life and changed me forever. Together we embarked on the academic journey of your 8th grade year. You entered my room as 8th graders filled with confidence and pizzazz. Neither of us knew how much we would grow and change that … Continue reading Class of 2020 #ResilientReady

March 5, 2020 Dear Families, We eat, sleep, and breath baseball at our house. When I need inspiration, I search the Baseballism website. I could produce post after post discussing all that I've learned from baseball. In fact, I would argue that all I ever needed to learn, I learned from baseball. My top three … Continue reading Baseball Fever

February 20, 2020 Each year in our academic journey beginning in preschool, my mom saved our treasured "masterpieces." Everything from the hand print turkey at Thanksgiving and the paper plate Christmas wreath to the end of year stories of summer vacation plans and book report dioramas. My 5th grade styrofoam graveyard scene from The Adventures … Continue reading A D AND an F…