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Some people show horror when I tell them I teach junior high school. They just cannot imagine someone choosing to spend their day with a bunch of eighth graders. I have a friend, Craig Holland, who teaches at Stockdale High...
Posted by peggybak
- Mon May 12, 2008 10:42:52 PDT
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Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) is a program that is sweeping not only through California, but also through the nation! Students on campuses like Ridgeview High School and Stonecreek Junior High School can take an...
Posted by admin
- Mon Apr 28, 2008 11:06:47 PDT
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Homework. It sends chills up and down the spines of both students and parents. As a parent, I’ve spent evenings sitting at the kitchen table with a defeated, weary, weepy child on more than a handful of occasions. Oh, and...
Posted by admin
- Mon Apr 14, 2008 11:04:28 PDT
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Reading, writing and arithmetic — all a child needs to be well rounded, right? Actually, the basic skills acquired in classrooms are just part of what kids need in today’s society. Extracurricular activities are a great way...
Posted by admin
- Mon Mar 31, 2008 09:54:43 PDT
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A couple weeks ago my principal arrived at our school to find it covered — nearly the length of a city block — with graffiti. Needless to say, the Panama-Buena Vista Union School District maintenance crew dealt with...
Posted by admin
- Mon Mar 3, 2008 09:30:31 PST
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About 12 days into Christmas vacation I finally was able to put my feet up and pull out a great novel. Suddenly — like a wind storm — Jan. 7 arrived forcing our family back to scheduled days. Christmas holidays are only a...
Posted by admin
- Wed Jan 23, 2008 13:37:04 PST
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Twelve years ago, when our eldest son Jake was approaching school age, I began to dream of the glamorous life quickly approaching: tennis, lunch with the girls, afternoons to prepare gourmet dinners. One down and, at the time, only two...
Posted by admin
- Wed Dec 26, 2007 10:09:26 PST
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Most of the time, my students give me the best they have to offer. Some kids shoot off the charts by giving me their undivided attention, working on projects and far exceeding my expectations, while others give me all they can on any...
Posted by admin
- Wed Dec 26, 2007 09:23:41 PST
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This is the second of a three-part series dealing with the educational team consisting of student, teacher and parent.
In the last issue we discussed the important role parents play in the education of their children. This issue we will...
Anonymous user
- Mon Aug 20, 2007 15:43:16 PDT
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This is the first of a three-part series dealing with the educational team consisting of student, teacher and parent.
The most effective schools understand that school success is due not only to the work of a teacher. Schools where...
Anonymous user
- Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:07:12 PDT
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Summer. A beautiful time to enjoy all that Bakersfield has to offer. Comfortable nights. Swimming weather that can’t be beat. The joy of a cool drink. A good book. Ahhh, if only all my eighth-grade kids came into...
Anonymous user
- Mon Jun 11, 2007 13:15:01 PDT
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It was quite a shock when I read in the newspaper that the Kern High School District had adopted a new policy to prohibit freshmen students from moving to their sophomore year without passing certain core subjects in their curriculum.
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Anonymous user
- Fri May 25, 2007 14:02:00 PDT
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The great debate in the California Department of Education, school boardrooms, and educational workshops over the propriety of teaching values to Americas’ students is over. Secular progressives have won! They argue that we now...
Anonymous user
- Mon Apr 2, 2007 16:13:26 PDT
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It has been a long time since I was a student — but not so long that I don’t remember most of my teachers in both elementary and high school. Reading, writing, English, penmanship, and spelling came easy for me. Math was...
Anonymous user
- Tue Mar 6, 2007 09:30:04 PST
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For many years now, educators have been forbidden to physically discipline a child at school. In fact, teachers are continually reminded not to even touch a student except to protect another student or for self protection.
Well, guess...
Anonymous user
- Mon Feb 5, 2007 14:32:56 PST
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