Category Archives: school

Don’t hate us, Alaskans

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Laura

Does this look like a snow day to you? It does in Baltimore! SNOW DAY!!!

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We Are The Champions!

Posted on December 23, 2008 by Laura

WHITE TEAM WINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WE’RE NUMBER ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO WHITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So my school has this tradition that happens the afternoon of the last day of school before winter vacation.  It’s called HOG Day – HOG meaning H[the name of my school] Olympic Games.  … Continue reading →

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By the numbers

Posted on December 17, 2008 by Laura

Two boxes mailed. Three more presents to make. One more box to pack. One more box to mail. Four more days of school. One birth of Jesus our Lord!

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Poetry Thursday

Posted on October 16, 2008 by Laura

NorthBay, A Haiku by me We dug up some mud We counted lots of bivalves Where are the mussels?

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The trouble with statistics…

Posted on October 16, 2008 by Laura

…is that there’s too many of them. Today, I got to go out on a boat with another group of boys, this time with my ESOL students. We also were looking for clams and the educator for this group said … Continue reading →

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Dan can ski?!?

Posted on October 15, 2008 by Laura

So today I was sitting in “North Bay Live” which is the character education component of North Bay that’s also tied in with what the kids are learning with their environmental ed classes during the day. And they played this … Continue reading →

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A busy week

Posted on October 14, 2008 by Laura

I’m going to North Bay (where Dan Gerding used to work) to hang out with my school’s 6th graders from Wednesday through Friday.  I’m not exactly looking forward to hanging out with 86 6th graders for 2 1/2 solid days … Continue reading →

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Update

Posted on August 25, 2008 by Laura

The first day of school went fine for me.  Nik’s day was a little rougher. I had forgotten the sinking, almost helpless feeling of planning for an entirely new class.  It’s really not that fun.  Thankfully, I have two binders … Continue reading →

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School starts tomorrow. YIKES.

Posted on August 24, 2008 by Laura

School starts tomorrow.  I have a million posts in my head of things I want to write about and tell you all about.  I missed Poetry Thursday.  The office is a mess.  There’s much to be done.  But instead, yesterday … Continue reading →

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Another chapter of my life is finished

Posted on June 15, 2008 by Laura

Last Wednesday, June 11, 2008, I had to say good bye to my school.  It was sad.  I had spent the week before packing, while my kids worked on projects. All I can say it, thank heavens for projects.  I … Continue reading →

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