Tag: new school year

Recommitting to What Matters Most: With Our School Community, In a New School Year

As I write this on 9/11 and recall what I was doing when the World Trade Center Twin Towers were under siege 24 years ago, my place in the world vividly returns in my memory. As the news broke, I was moving into a large meeting space to spend half of the day with twenty …

A Simple Idea to Begin Creating Caring Connections between Students, Teachers, and Families

It’s the first day of school. We – Mom, Dad, and son – are thoroughly ready and excited for E’s initiation into sixth grade. We take the traditional pictures at home and walk to school together to gather on the playground. Many other parents are present with their children taking photos and sharing in the …