Wearing Belonging
This morning, I put on my school sweatshirt. It arrived a few months after I arrived at Beckett Farm PS, my new school. Putting it on...
Rock Your Differences: Promoting Inclusion and SEL at DigCit Summit
When Marialice Curran asked me if I wanted to read Strum and The Wild Turkeys for DigCit Summit hosted on Belouga, I was elated. I love...
Finding Your Sparkle and Shine in Difficult Times
I wanted to name this post: Hybrid Happened to Me- Now What? I started writing it in my mind the second our board declared this model. I...
The Mentoree Website is Now a HUB
written with Dr. Teri Rubinoff and Christine Chin Just in time for our presentation at #ECOOcamp, our web developer (Steve) walked us...
Strum Into Song
When I was preparing for an author visit to read Strum and The Wild Turkeys in June, I decided to switch things up. For previous author...
Snapshot: Student-Led Photograph Decoding
Snapshot is a project that is subtitled A Photo Synthesis because it synthesizes the learning students have done over the school year in...
A Creative Leader Helps Others Sparkle and Shine
Working in the Elementary Virtual School (EVS) this year was an experience that came with different challenges and a lot of interesting...
Getting Past a Gatekeeper
Gatekeepers are interesting creatures. They use their power to let people in or keep them out of various places. There are a lot of...
Strum Learns to Be Who He Is- That’s True Belonging
Sometimes, we wear our emotions. When we aren’t feeling good, our bodies show it. Strum, who is the main character in Strum and The Wild...
Where Words Fail, Music Speaks
by Noa Daniel Hans Christian Andersen, attributed as saying the title quote, was a renowned storyteller whose fairy tales made an impact...