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Learning as one goes along…
"Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on." ~Samuel Butler I love this quote and even more so, I live this quote. I am far from having this life thing...
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Cheyenne won the lottery!
Tonight was Open House at Cheyenne’s school. Cheyenne is fortunate to be able to atend the STEM Center, the magnet school in the West Fargo School District that focuses more intently (in addition to...
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Building the capacity to craft solutions…
Tonight was Parent-Teacher Conference night for the 7th grade at STEM – except it wasn’t. The 7th grade team decided to try a new approach. They decided that this year they would take key projects...
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Lucky, lucky duck!
Today was officially the first teaching day of the spring semester for me. I got my first look at how I will be spending my semester. Oh yes, it is going to be a wild ride. I have a whole slew of...
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Five hours…
One can learn a lot in five hours. A lot about oneself, life, and the universe. Today I went with the 7th graders from STEM on their outing to help serve the community. You may recall me writing...
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What I learned from Mike’s injury…
I often say, “Be careful what you wish for!” I say this because things don’t always play out in practice the way we think they will. When Mike first hurt his knee three months ago I was appropriately...
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The 3rd Annual STEM Cosmopolitan Soiree
Regular readers of my blog have often heard me sing the praises of the STEM Center - Cheyenne’s school in the West Fargo School District and the only magnet school in the state. Well, you may not have...
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It is strongly encouraged…
Today was my first day of teaching in the Fall semester. I got a glimpse of the students I will spend my class days with over the next four months. I can tell already that I am going to laugh an...
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