The first 9 months of raising twin girls has been some of the most challenging and rewarding moments of my life. During these months, my wife and I have been such learners as we try to figure out what works… Continue Reading
Anti-Bullying Day, Earth Day, Aboriginal Day,… These, and many others, are important days to help raise awareness around wrong-doings that occur in our schools and society. What we MUST be aware of is that just because we participate in these… Continue Reading
After tweeting out David Wees’ (@davidwees) brilliant post on how We Will Never End Bullying In Our Schools, Jennifer Marten @jenmarten, tweeted this video, “Children Learn What They Live” to add to the discussion. It reminds me of a quote… Continue Reading
For the past few weeks, I have been wondering why the loss of a former student has hit me so hard (please read this post as it will help make sense of this one). Andrew was a great kid.. but… Continue Reading
I would first like to welcome families, friends, staff, community, and most importantly, students to our Grade 6 Celebration and year end ceremony. I hope you enjoy the format we use at Kent school in which we honour and recognize… Continue Reading
I just finished reading another great post by Timothy Monreal (@mryoungteacher) on “Teaching Empathy“. I do not disagree with Tim as I truly believe that the modeling of empathy and care is so important in our schools as well as… Continue Reading
As educators, we are often faced with an opportunity to take the easy road or the hard road. The easy road often works for us as parents, teachers, administrators but it rarely works for kids. The difficult road may be… Continue Reading
I woke up today with a sense of failure. Not failure because of my beloved Canucks and their loss in the Stanley Cup Final (or win of 2nd place) but because of what occurred with our city following the game. … Continue Reading
This morning I got to school and was told that one of our large flower pots had been dumped. One thing we always try to do with any kind of vandalism is to clean it up immediately. As kids were… Continue Reading
As an educator, I have had so many moments that have taken my breath away; working with kids, we often find ourselves truly inspired. On Thursday, April 14th, 2011, I had the privilege of being inspired by every student at… Continue Reading