By Michelle Koch A Note from Your PTA President
This year I will serve as the president of our school's parent teacher association. This follows three years of volunteering…
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By Jordan Harrell No, my Kids Don’t Need a Phone.
My oldest child is five, but I’m already having conversations with other moms about the big question: When will you…
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By AnnAliese Harry A School Year Pledge to Slow Down and Opt Out
In some parts of the country, school is right around the corner; in other parts, school has already begun. All…
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By Stephanie Thompson Why “Back-to-School” May Not Be Exciting For Some Of Us
It happens every year around July 5th. As we walk into a store, the former 4th of July/Seasonal section transforms…
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By Bailey Koch The Dollar Bill Hanging From the Ceiling: Explaining Extra Help in the Classroom
"But mom, there's this kid in the classroom and he gets all this extra help and attention. It's not fair."…
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By Stephanie Rush Teachings from a Teacher, for the Parents of her Students
For the Parents of My Students, When you drop your child off to place into my care, I will do…
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By Karen Johnson I’m Not Teaching My 5-Year-Old How to Read
Remember being 5 and going into kindergarten? Yeah, me neither. But if you ask our parents, I'll bet they'll say…
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By Carolyn Moore The Two Cent Fix For Back-to-School Anxiety
On the first day of school, my second-grader barely tossed me a backward glance as she bounded into the classroom,…
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By Kari Wells It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s…Your Child’s Teacher!
When I was a kid I loved superheroes. I remember wearing Wonder Woman Underoos, and having a crush on Michael…
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By Ashli Brehm Teacher, are you ready?
"We are just coasting through this last week... I think we're pretty summered out..." Anyone else there? Anyone else feeling…
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By Lauren Eberspacher For The Mom Whose Child Is A Nervous Nelly On The First Day Of School
"But Mommy, I don't want to go," she said as we pulled into the parking lot. I had heard her…
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By Jessica McCaslin My Abnormal Reaction to the First Day of Kindergarten
It's that time of year again. Time for school to start. The memes are floating around Facebook about teachers preparing,…
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