Summer Reading for Teachers:

Summer is when we teachers recharge, research, and plan. Not only do I read for pleasure by catching up on new middle grades and YA books, I also read to learn. When the school year begins in the fall, I will have finished a number of education-related texts, as well as worked on K-12 Curriculum Mapping and Common Core ( Read more... )

The library is the heart of our school. Stafford Middle School would not function the same without it. It is literally in the center of the building, wide open on both ends, beckoning students in with well-displayed books. Much of its success is owed, though, not to its central location, but to our wonderful librarian, Russell Puschak, and library ( Read more... )

Do you exciting people wonder what we nerds do at Christmas time while you are party hopping, entertaining, slaving over hot stoves, and running all over town being festive?

This was our perfect Christmas:
On the 24th, my daughter talked us into letting The Boy open one gift early - hers to him. It was a game called "Adverteasing"  that proved quite ( Read more... )