After a few days away–and off-line save for my iPhone–I’m back. For the past six years our extended family has spent Thanksgiving in the Shenandoah mountains of Virginia. My husband’s aunt rents a big house in a resort community, and then we all gather from distant points. Counting kids, there are 14 of us all [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Thanksgiving Thankfulness
Posted in Home Life, tagged overexcitabilities, Thanksgiving on November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Gender
Posted in Interesting on November 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »
By Korean artist Jeongmee Yoon, “Emily and her pink things” (2005). Light jet print, 40″ x 40″ Part of a series of photos of children and their gender specific toys and clothes. View more photos here.
Help Me Brainstorm
Posted in Gifted, School, tagged advocacy, Baldridge, Gifted, MAP-R, MCPS, middle school, parent involvement, red zone, School on November 22, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Just when I think I can’t be surprised, I’m surprised. Yesterday I got an e-mail from the Literacy Coach. She wrote that she is planning a meeting to discuss and possibly make revisions to the Rigor portion of the SIP (school improvement plan) and to also further brainstorm ways to enhance the Accelerated and Enriched [...]
SIT-ting through the SIP
Posted in Gifted, School, tagged advocacy, Gifted, Gifted - Montgomery & Fairfax County GROUPS, middle school, MSA, NCLB, parent involvement, red zone, Rigor, School Improvement Plan on November 19, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Last week I waded further into school advocacy waters by sitting in on the first meeting of the SIT at M.’s school. Translation? SIT = School Improvement Team. The SIT is charged with developing a SIP for the school. SIP = School Improvement Plan. In MCPS, every school develops one. It’s all part of the [...]
Magnet Mystery Revealed
Posted in Gifted, School, tagged curriculum, Gifted, Gifted - Montgomery & Fairfax County GROUPS, magnet program, middle school, School on November 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For the first time…. Not to be found anywhere else (drum roll please) …. The 2007-2008 scope and sequence for the Eastern Humanities and Communication Arts Magnet. View it here. Meanwhile, links to various parts of the standard MCPS curriculum can be found here. Take a look and compare. Here’s a link to lots of [...]
Testimony: Writing in the MCPS Red Zone? GT English? Think Again.
Posted in Gifted, School, tagged advocacy, English, Gifted, Gifted - Montgomery & Fairfax County GROUPS, MCPS, middle school, parent involvement, red zone on November 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This fall MCPS held two Community Forums, seeking input from parents, staff, students and community members on the following question: “During difficult economic times, what priorities in the Montgomery County Public Schools strategic plan should we focus on for the 2009-2010 school year to improve achievement for all students?” I didn’t attend, however Googling “GT [...]
Straighten Up and Fly Right
Posted in School, tagged high school, MCPS, montgomery county, principal on November 12, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Twice in the past two weeks an area high school has had the misfortune of making headlines for all the wrong reasons: a student of the school was murdered by a gang member late at night while riding a RideOn bus, and a stabbing incident in the school. In response to the latter, the principal [...]
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