Opening Day: Glad to be Back

Opening Day! I wish the construct of “school” could hire a really good public relations manager. Too many times the stock joke, movie, or conversation sticks with the cliche that kids are sorry to see summer end, and would like…

Poetry Inspires a “Legion of Emotions”

During National Poetry month, the Academy of American Poets sponsored a program for students to write a letter to a poet, called Dear Poet. Our middle school students participated, using advisory and English class time to write their letters. One…