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Fundraising!
I’ve had plans for some time to start a crowdfunding campaign. The idea showed up last year, when I wished we had funds to cover more pricey field trips so that all students who wanted to go could do...
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Slog Blog
I haven’t been blogging. I’ve been going through the past few weeks totally present during the school day, diligently responding to Slack/texts/emails/calls after school, showing up for lots of...
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On Consequences
The word “consequence” seems to trigger strong reactions from people, particularly in the context of adult-child relationships and school power dynamics. Over and over, I have found myself clarifying...
View ArticleThe Week! 11/9-11/13
We had such a full and busy week! We’ve been having busy weeks in general. Mondays have Set-the-Week, Spawn, Acro, Maths, Drawing (or this week…cake decorating!), and usually a Werewolves game. If you...
View ArticleGuest Post: Aiden
I remember that I played Werewolves. I did cooking…made potatoes. I also was just sitting around a little watching people eat the potatoes. I had a little rest. And I watched people doing stuff besides...
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Psychology Meet-Up 11/17
At the beginning of the school year, @cammysherbert and @failspy started up an inter-ALC offering: weekly psychology meet-ups, using Crash Course videos from YouTube. We meet every Tuesday, discuss a...
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Hip Hop Nutcracker
Two all-day field trips in a row! What an awesome week! Yesterday, I spent the day roaming Central Park with @agilealfie @pigsfly @serenagermany and @xxxxpgainzxxx, in search of rocks to climb and some...
View ArticleOn expectations…
This was a week in which I reflected on the difference between intentions and expectations. Twice, I set the intention with kids to go ice skating. I intended to reconnect with a friend who’s been...
View ArticleLast (in school) post of the Year
Each school year–each day, really–brings expected joys and challenges. This year started with lots of challenges. Mostly growing pains in the sense that we started the year with a 4:3 ratio of...
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January 15th…week end…
I sat down to write with all kinds of snippets that I was excited to share, but in reflecting on them to find a theme for the week (an approach to blogging that I’d like to play with transitioning to...
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Playgroup
My parents moved to a new area when I was born. They were young first-time parents, and my mom especially was looking for community. They wanted community for themselves as humans looking for company...
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Broadcasting
It’s a behavior that various magazines I read as a kid attributed to pregnant women and children in the early stages of speech development. You’ve likely encountered it…”I want macaroni” or “I’m going...
View ArticleThis week!
It feels like I could write separate posts for each thing that happened this week…The days are just packed, as Bill Watterson might say if he could see us. We returned from Mid-Winter Break for...
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Making it official.
Growing up, I was often told that I should go to school to become a professor. Meanwhile, I read stories about and observed the lives of master teachers. And I started asking how they got to where they...
View ArticleGuest Post by Max
On Monday the first day in ALC I feelt excited . I went crazzzzzzzzzzzzzzy. I had fun tackling Luca and pulling him down. Again and again. I had fun playing on the...
View ArticleGuest post by Juliet
this week I: drew in the art room pet two turtles played Simon did coding with Timo went to the park went rockclimbing
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This week!
It’s very exciting to set up new students with blogs Especially when they jump into writing independently, leaving me 10 minutes to write alongside them! We had three students visiting this week. They...
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I need a nap ;)
Started the week like this: (Thanks @abram) Mittwoch like this: (Thanks @creeperclaws @heartabby @starwars @beths10 @muffinsthecutest and @pigsfly!) Ended it like this (with woodworking and...
View ArticleGuest Post: Jason
I play Mine craft then I went to the deli store then Play some more Mine craft then i was going to cooking after i have some pizza then cake then I was playing Simon and I drew on wood then I clean up.
View ArticleThe Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of the Kanban
“Individuals and interactions over processes and tools…Responding to change over following a plan…” When I was first looking for information on Agile Software Development, I found these lines and...
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