The end is almost near and what a year it has been! As teachers, we graded thousands of assignments; we taught our scholars important life lessons and witnessed their friendships blossom; we watched and experienced the beauty and innocence of our scholars
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The Arizona legislature adjourned around 12:26 a.m. Friday morning on May 4th. This legislative body may have adorned, but as teachers, our fight is far from over! We stood united with our stakeholders and demonstrated to our lawmakers that we are
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It was so refreshing to see thousands of business owners, parents and students across Arizona joining teachers in walking into our schools Wednesday morning as a sign of solidarity for the #RedForEd movement to boost education funding in the state. We
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Arming teachers in the classroom is a very controversial and heated topic right now. I am personally so proud of our young people for taking a stand on the gun issue and making their voices heard above all the noise.
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“Something there is that doesn’t love a wall…” This is the first line of the poem, “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost. Nearly all of my scholars were reading this poem for the first time. As the audio of the poem
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As my scholars returned to school from winter break, we had a great discussion on how they could become more involved on campus this semester. They shared their insights on the changes they wanted to see on campus, and they
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I have heard people often say “if you love what you do, you won’t feel stressed.” Are you kidding me? The challenges I have faced this school year has definitely thrown this saying out the window! It just isn’t true
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The Montessori Teacher As a mentor teacher, I really want to highlight the voices of my first-year teachers this year. As a result, I will be doing a series of blogs where my mentees get to share their journey and
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I am so excited to see 6th grade teachers and students rejoin our middle school campuses. We use to have 6th grade on my campus a few years ago, but the decision was made to remove them and placed them
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