Almost to the day two years ago, an extended editorial appeared in newspapers across North Carolina concerning public education. I happened to read it in the Winston-Salem Journal. It was written by Walter McDowell, a board member of BEST NC. McDowell, a former executive with Wachovia, talked of the dire need to transform education in … Continue reading We Should Not Allow the ACT to Have This Much Power Over Our Schools
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Yep – Your Items of the Week For Sept. 24th -Sept. 30th
San Juan Mayor Tillerson and North Korea Tom Price Response to Maria Russell Westbrook New Tax Plan 201 Twitter Accounts Kushner and private emails Graham – Cassidy Saudi Arabian women
Let Us Praise Great Coaches Again – Thinking of Coach Lambros and the North Davidson Community
If you teach long enough in the public schools, you will be fortunate enough to come across some great individuals who coach sports teams all the while teaching these very athletes lessons of life and success even in the wake of defeat. When winning seems to be the only criteria by which many measure the … Continue reading Let Us Praise Great Coaches Again – Thinking of Coach Lambros and the North Davidson Community
A Prayer For Coach Mike Lambros
News tonight that Coach Mike Lambros had entered hospice care as he continues his battle with cancer struck this West Forsyth Titan softball fan with a myriad of feelings for a man I had seen coach on numerous occasions and had met one time. Coach Lambros has been at the helm of one of the … Continue reading A Prayer For Coach Mike Lambros
It’s Banned Books Week – Ray Bradbury Would Want You to Read One
Below is a list of the most challenged books of the first decade of the 21st century. From the American Library Association (http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/top-100-bannedchallenged-books-2000-2009). Have you read any of these? 1. Harry Potter (series), by J.K. Rowling 2. Alice series, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 3. The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier 4. And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson/Peter Parnell 5. Of Mice … Continue reading It’s Banned Books Week – Ray Bradbury Would Want You to Read One
Titans Won for the Fifth Time! And so did the Items of The Week! For Sept. 16th – 23rd
Stephen Curry NFL “Dotard” Trump, “S.O.B.,” and “Bum” Puerto Rico Aaron Hernandez John McCain “Rocket Man” Graham-Cassidy Georgia Tech protest
This School Rock(s)
It has become custom for many schools to have a "rock" centrally located that is frequently decorated to celebrate a facet of school culture. The rock at West Forsyth is no different in that regard except that it has chronicled countless memories in its various layers of paint for a school with a lot to … Continue reading This School Rock(s)
Happy Birthday to Malcolm – Already a Decade
Malcolm turned 10 today. So a "Happy Birthday" to a kid who: teaches everyone how to live in the present, honestly tells you how he feels, reminds me that special needs actually applies to everyone, changes clothes three times a day because, well, because, perfected the art of the smile, calls me by my first … Continue reading Happy Birthday to Malcolm – Already a Decade
Malcolm’s Minions – A Chance to be Ultra-Cool For a Day
This Sept. 30th, the Piedmont Down Syndrome Support Network (PDSSN) will be hosting its annual Buddy Walk. For those who are not familiar with the Buddy Walk, here is the blurb from the PDSSN.org website: The Buddy Walk® was created by the National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS) in 1995 to celebrate Down Syndrome Awareness Month … Continue reading Malcolm’s Minions – A Chance to be Ultra-Cool For a Day
It’s The Third Week of School! – Items of the Week For Sept. 3rd – 9th
Irma Three at One Time Eric Bolling Debt ceiling FEMA Church Reimbursement Mexico Earthquake Utah nurse DeVos and college campus sexual assault Equifax Robert W. Lee IV
caffeinated rage 