Hey everyone. I am here at the office, safe and sound; Husband Dear stayed home today. Normally we both ride the Washington DC Metro Red Line at this time of day. Very scary to contemplate. Am listening, watching and reading online and will find a way to make my way home in a little while. [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Safe and Sound
Posted in Home Life, tagged metro on June 22, 2009 | 6 Comments »
So It’s Summer
Posted in Extracurricular, Home Life, Homeschooling, tagged camp, camping, dog, Gifted, girl scouts, summer, travel, vacation, work/life balance on June 21, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Happy Father’s Day to the dads out there (especially you Husband Dearest!) and Happy First Day of Summer. I know I’ve been a bit quiet in the last week or so. Things got rather crazed at work–nothing like having an event sprung on you and having to deal with non-team playing ego-maniacs. (Not my co-workers–they’re [...]
Grrrreat News! Playing Field Update
Posted in School, tagged advocacy, maryland, MCPS, middle school, montgomery county, parent involvement, red zone, School on June 21, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Well it seems I was too pessimistic in reporting that Eastern Middle School had failed in its effort to get its playing field renovated courtesy of the Kellogg’s Plant-a-Seed contest. As it turns out, they were among the winners! Hello Eastern Middle School community and friends, Late yesterday, I received an email from Kellogg’s saying [...]
Of Mountains and Middle School
Posted in Gifted, In the News, School, tagged acceleration, education, elementary school, Gifted, Jay Mathews, maryland, math, MCPS, middle school, montgomery county, parent advocacy on June 18, 2009 | 17 Comments »
Ah Thursday! Always a good day to get my education news fix from Jay Mathews’ Extra Credit column and this week doesn’t disappoint. He runs a letter from one frustrated “parent of two in the system and a lifelong educator.” The problem? Math. More specifically accelerated math. Approximately 25 children in my son’s fourth [...]
MCPS is on Twitter
Posted in School, tagged education, maryland, MCPS, montgomery county, parent advocacy, School, technology, twitter on June 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It’s official. MCPS is twittering. You can follow them at http://twitter.com/mcps. They’ve actually had the account for awhile…I stumbled on it late one night a few weeks ago. (The Blair Magnet has one as well, but they’ve only tweeted twice since April 4th.) It will be very interesting to see how MCPS uses Twitter. Will [...]
Start ‘em Young
Posted in School, tagged advocacy, education, elementary school, maryland, MCPS, montgomery county, parent advocacy, parent involvement, red zone, School on June 17, 2009 | 4 Comments »
They start their activists young in Takoma Park, affectionately known as the People’s Republic of Takoma Park, Berkeley East… Dear Supporters of Our Community, We, the undersigned Young Activist Club of Piney Branch Elementary School (PBES) in Takoma Park, are raising money so we can get rid of disposable Styrofoam trays in our school. (We [...]
Bye Bye Dr. Morrison
Posted in Gifted, School, tagged education, maryland, MCPS, profoundly gifted, School on June 14, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Press release from the Washoe County (Nevada) School District website: Board Names Heath Morrison Next Superintendent On a unanimous vote earlier this morning, the Washoe County School District Board of Trustees named Dr. Heath Morrison as the district’s next Superintendent of Schools. Morrison, talking to the board by phone, verbally accepted the offer pending successful [...]
MoCo Charter School Effort Launches
Posted in School, tagged charter school, education, elementary school, IB, maryland, MCPS on June 13, 2009 | 7 Comments »
They’re “out!” The group I wrote about a few months back has made their first really “public” statement this week (at least first public one that I’ve seen). Global Garden Public Charter School: A K-8 Public Charter School for Montgomery County, MD We are a group of parents, educators and community members who believe that [...]
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