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Yesterday, KCRG TV9 News came out to do a story at our school. We are one of the few districts in the state that offers WiFi on our school buses. Because we have such a large district that travels over several hundred miles, kids can be on the bus for an hour or more each…

CRAZY IS NORMAL By: Lloyd Lofthouse Published: June 14, 2014 Publisher: Three Clover Press Non-Fiction/Memoir I’m participating in the book tour for CRAZY IS NORMAL with Virtual Author Book Tours. After teaching for twenty years, Lofthouse decided to keep a journal sharing the ups and downs of teaching freshman English and journalism. He kept this…

As a substitute teacher, I come in and do my job and leave. Even though I know most of the kids and am able to keep track of their school progress and social life, I feel like I really don’t make much of an impact. I basically check in, do my job, and go home.…

On Sundays, I like to share snippets from our life here in small town Iowa.   Our kids are active.  We are involved in our community.  It seems there is always something going on.   I’d love to hear snippets from your life as well! Sadly, we only took one trip to Orange Leaf this…

Last Thursday was our Back-to-School Open House night and today is our First Day of School.  I wanted to put together something special for Reagan’s fourth grade teacher.  She has been the fourth grade teacher for all three of our kids, which I think is pretty neat.   I have seen various versions of Teacher…

THE TAKE BACK OF LINCOLN JUNIOR HIGH By: Roseanne Cheng Published: March 23, 2014 Publisher: Wise Ink Fiction Looking for a book for your middle school aged child to read this summer? THE TAKE BACK OF LINCOLN JUNIOR HIGH would be an excellent choice.  This book fits the category of “Teachable Lit” and would give…

Are you looking for a way to make that transition from summer to school easier?  Are you sending your Kindergartner off to school for the very first time?  Has your family been enjoying the lazy days of summer and you have no idea how to get back on track for alarm clocks and rushed mornings?…

Do you need a Valentine’s box idea for school or home?  Check out my post from last year on what Reagan made for her school box.  We are using it again this year! https://www.sincerelystacie.com/2012/02/valentine-box.html

The website www.bloggymoms.com has a feature called The Blog Dare or writing prompts for your blog.  Today’s post prompt instantly reminded me of something I have been wanting to write about on here anyway. Schools should…… Schools should……not worry so much about what kids eat or don’t eat and focus instead on their education. With that…

  For the first time ever, we had to come up with our own Valentine’s Box for school.  Prior years we just had to contribute a cereal box or something and the kids made it at school.  But, this year, the options were wide open and we were able to come up with our own…