School
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Caring for our Watershed
This year my green club students wrote proposals for a contest called Caring for our Watershed, Turning ideas into environmental solutions! The CARING FOR OUR WATERSHEDS program asks students to submit a proposal that answers the question, “What can you do to improve your watershed?” Students must research their local watershed, identify an environmental concern and draft a written proposal…
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Giving up Approval for Authenticity
So this is my eleventh year teaching art at Ridgely Middle School. I can hardly remember what it felt like to be a new teacher… a bit worried, stressed, and anxious…. About how the students would respond, if they would understand the process, and if they would be as excited as me about it all… About…
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Budget Cuts
There is an updated federal budget and it shows something that immediately triggered the CEEQER in me… a cut in funding to all the art and education programs. This is a MAJOR shift and as an Art educator in the public school system, I will be affected by this change. So when I read this,…
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12 more days of school…
It does not feel like there is only 12 days left of this school year!! I have started cleaning, clearing and organizing my classroom!! Believe it or not, I really enjoy this part. I am all about organizing things, I just can’t always find the time to do it! 12 more days to get this room…
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First quarter down…
What an eventful first quarter it has been! My student artists have completed a variety of projects, focusing on the Elements and Principles of Art along with other techniques. They have had multiple opportunities to be Ceeqers and to really personalize their learning. Our first big project was our locker name tags. It was a…
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3 lists for day 3…
Three days until I go back to school… I’ve been working on figuring out how I’m going to present my new student centered learning ideas to my students when they come back on the 24th. Aside from planning that out, I will have a language arts class and homeroom in my room this year… Luckily…
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10 day countdown…
I never know what to call my job…work or school? It definitely feels weird to call it a job, because it does not feel like a job. It doesn’t feel like work either…even though it is a lot of work. If I say back to school it could imply I’m taking classes. Being a teacher is…
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