the nuance of life
This being my final blog of my 2017-2018 Fellowship, I would like to try and tie together a couple of things that I have been working and...
When is capacity build?
In the life-cycle of a school year, May marks the beginning of the end; we're pulled though the months of May and June by the gravity of...
Spring Is In The Air
Spring is in the air! You know what that means? Flowers. Flowers. Flowers!!! Downey students in Ms. Hanford's Special Education class...
Story/Story, Building/Building, Street/Street
I love living and working in the city. I think it goes all the way back to growing up in the very small town of New Kingstown. From my...
Dreaming About The Future
There was such a buzz of excitement in the air as professionals from across our region gathered together at Downey Elementary School to...
Righty tighty, lefty loosey.
Can you remember the moment you 'learned' that turning screws clockwise tightens them? I cannot! Somehow though, I did learn this...
Gaining Skills to Change the World
One of the things I love most about working within school settings is seeing the excitement, creativity and innovation of young minds....
"We Are All Brethren"
"Right is of no Sex - Truth is of no Color - God is the Father of us all, and we are all brethren." - Frederick Douglass (2/14/1817 -...
School In 21st Century
I talked to my dad about how he uses technology and he says that his biggest use for technology is still for work. However, he said that...
Making the future
On the morning of Jan 20th, the Pennsylvania State museum buzzed with nervous excitement as twenty-four teams of central PA middle-school...