The Journal presents my weekly reflections on being a private, Catholic school principal during what promised to be a year filled with energy, excitement, challenges and possibilities… … if there was ever a situation and a year in which to give myself – to give ourselves grace, this is surely it. Our school is opening…
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Eduquote of the Week | 8.17.2020
Teaching is the greatest act of optimism. Colleen Wilcox
Teach & Serve | Vol. 6 | No. 2 – The Journal: What I Don’t Know
The Journal presents my weekly reflections on being a private, Catholic school principal during what promised to be a year filled with energy, excitement, challenges and possibilities… … there is a vocal “many” who are very willing to substitute their judgement for mine. They do not hesitate to question decisions. They do not hesitate to…
Eduquote of the Week | 8.10.2020
Children must be taught how to think, not what to think. Margaret Mead
The Vault, No. 1 | Temporal Landmarks
The Vault presents prior posts from Teach & Serve. You cannot hold back the sea and you cannot hold back the beginning of the school year. Those of us involved in education are ramping up, feeling the itch, sensing the inevitable. In the coming days or weeks, we will embark on the opening rituals of…
Teach & Serve | Vol. 6 | No. 1 – Playlist 2020-2021
… the playlist tradition continues. My specific criterion for selection: songs that make the playlist give me all the feels and/or the lyrics of the song resonate with me. Overall, the selections move me, inspire me and send me. They send me into a new year on the most positive of notes… pun intended. Putting…
Eduquote of the Week | 8.3.2020
Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me. Fred Rogers
EduPop! – School’s Out!
EduPop! will explore various representations of teachers and educators as they appear in media: novels, movies, television shows, music, etc. Some representations are wonderful, some terrible but all are presented for fun! School’s Out Alice Cooper Warner Bros Records 1972 Only one this to share today… (and I don’t think your school is out forever……
Teach & Serve V, No. 43 | Last Edition… It’s a Wrap
Teach & Serve V, No. 43 Last Edition… It’s a Wrap May 27, 2020 See you in the fall! What a long, strange year the last ten weeks have been… If you are a regular reader of Teach & Serve, thanks for being along for the ride! If you are new to the blog, please feel…
Eduquote of the Week | 5.25.20
Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending. Carl Bard