Our Stories

Date at the Dallas Symphony

10/25/2019

One of the regular substitutes at my school is performing with the choir at the Dallas Symphony tonight and gave me tickets!! Date Night!

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The family that crafts together, stays together. Jeremy started using his GlowForge to make wood earrings for his coworkers. We soon started working together and expanded to necklaces, bracelets, and keychains. We now have a little shop set up at each of schools to help our co-workers find gifts for their friends and families.

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Texas State Fair

10/5/2019

Jeremy's parents, my mom, and Granddad joined us for a day at the Texas State Fair! We had a blast eating Fletchers's corn dogs, drinking from a pineapple filled with Pina Colada, and watching and dancing with a amazing puppet show.

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Orff Workshop: Brian Burnett

9/28/2019

It's that time of year again! The music teachers gather to celebrate their teaching styles with weekend workshops! (This is my second on this month!)

I really enjoyed meeting Brain Burnett. He had a lot of similar ideas to how I teach and my philosophy around assessment in the music room. Great presentation!

Talk Like a Pirate Day

9/19/2019

Probably my very favorite holiday to have during school! I dress up like a pirate and give instructions with a lot of "Aye" and "Arrrgh, Matey!" throughout the day. It's a ton of fun and doesn't take much. Bonus: It doesn't halt the school day. No gifts, no candy, no parties, no food, nope- nobody else in costume... no one else gives a rip about this day, but me! It's awesome!

It's okay if you didn't know it was even a thing. I've been doing this since I was introduced to it in 2005.
Want to know more?: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Talk_Like_a_Pirate_Day