Last summer I made myself a Summer Bucket List. I had a whole bunch of quintessential summer experiences I wanted to cram into a couple of months. I’ve also been known to make a Christmas Bucket List in the past. So the kids have experienced these in the past. This summer though, the only bullet […]
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5 Things Americans Need to Stop Doing (And Start Doing)
It is Day 2 with our new president-elect. Things are calming down a little bit. There is less gloating. There is less complaining. I think we are all tired. There is only so long you can keep passionately fighting your side of the argument before you run out of gas. There is nothing to fight […]
The Test Scores That Really Matter
In our school district, the elementary schools administer tests to the kids in September as a way of assessing reading skills. We just received the results from these tests this past week. As I expected, the kids performed very well. Two of them scored above the 95th percentile in multiple areas. Does it feel good […]