I leave school most days by 5:00 and am home by 5:30. I am home to make dinner, do some laundry, I never miss my kids’ activities (unless they are scheduled at the same time) and I am even able to get them on the bus some mornings while still arriving on time to school.… Continue reading My Work/Life Balance Facade

What started as a yearly tradition in December has now turned into a monthly activity and I couldn’t love it more. 50 Classroom Read Alouds-every month! Every December our admin team takes one grade level and does a read aloud to the classes on that grade level.  7-8 read alouds per admin, no problem.  We… Continue reading Worth Every Minute

In one of my #PLN’s this week, the challenge was to blog about the best thing I saw in a classroom this week.   I couldn’t name just one, so I am blogging about several.  In a building with 50+ classrooms, it is a challenge to see all the amazing things taking place with my own… Continue reading A Little Pie in the Face

I am a competitive person by nature, I often have to reel it in.  If you ever sat by me at my children’s sporting events, you  know this to be true. I keep the score book not just because I’m a nice parent volunteer but because I want to make sure the game is accurately… Continue reading Type A’s New Leaf

After watching the hearings for our potential new Secretary of Education, I felt compelled to write about Public Education. Public Ed is… accepting and embracing ALL children. providing a safe place for the angry child who doesn’t know how to deal with the cards life has dealt him or her. (I can assure you, Mrs.… Continue reading The Good Fight

My take away’s from 2016: Life is short and no one is immune from this. Unexpected outcomes are the new norm. I am fighting the good fight with a bunch of great people. Riddled with celebrity deaths, racial tensions and political mayhem, I could easily say 2016 was a disaster and a year we will… Continue reading Reflections on 2016