My Tinsel Is Already in a Tangle
Signs that your tinsel is starting to tangle… …That pit in your stomach begins to grow right after you press send on an email, thinking that you accidentally sent it […]
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I’m the Lucky One
‘Cause your mine That’s all I need to know The sunshine’s everywhere we go -Faith Hill We had a harvest-themed spirit day on Tuesday, the last day of school before
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Thankful for WONDER
You would think Christmas had been moved to November 17th this year at Quincy Elementary. Our fifth-grade students, teachers, parents (and principal) anticipated Friday, November 17, 2017 like it was
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Let Me Be Your Shield
Our hearts break when we hear about the challenges you face at home. We see the sadness in your eyes and the slump of your shoulders. It feels like there
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Excuse me, but you are driving me CRAZY!
She was getting on his nerves. She was moving after the school year ended, but mentally she may have already left. She was really quiet and hardly ever smiled anymore.
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These are my people.
These people. They inspire me every day to try to become a better leader, the leader they deserve. They are brave. They are creative. They are smart. They are skeptics.
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Collaboration is not created by the arrangement of desks.
Collaboration is not created by the arrangement of the desks. When Doug Reeves made this statement at a Literacy Leadership Symposium I attended recently, I pictured one particular classroom in
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Are you running on empty? Or, does your tank overflow?
When I talk with people about TV series that I watch, I never get asked questions like: “How do you have time to watch television?” “You don’t get paid to watch
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The Little Boy and the Tokens
The little boy glanced up and saw an old lady struggling to juggle her two large bags of groceries. He looked at his momma, who nodded her head, then he
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There is an Ugly Green Monster Under My Bed
When I was younger, there were times when I was jealous of someone’s success. Oh, I would try to disguise my jealousy in the form of criticism usually. In my
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