For those having parent conferences this year, they may look a little different than what we're familiar with. Like everything else. For those not having parent conferences, who needs to have you share this post? It's still possible to make a parent conference a helpful experience for you, your ...
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Isolation: 5 Questions to Answer
Have you been alone a lot this year? Me too. We fondly remember sitting side by side, giving a side hug, sharing a table, or making eye contact - things we took for granted. Oh, forgive us Lord. Slowly, glimpses return and we're hopeful. A side effect of the Pandemic, isolation leaves us longing to ...
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Grace and Discipline at Home in Hard Times
It's not easy to keep kids learning and listening while managing online or out of the ordinary schooling. It takes a balance of grace and discipline. The first week of school here was barely half-way through when the superintendent informed parents the online format would change to a hybrid model in ...
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Teaching Kids the Rules of Rioting
Neighborhood kids laughed along with David B as he taunted my little sister. The fighter in me grabbed the baseball bat by the swing set. Standing as tall as my eight year old self could, I commanded the bully to leave my sister alone. And then we ran home.
Getting caught in a fight is nothing ...
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Praying for Students in a Pandemic
You know the feelings. Nervous, hopeful, scared, and excited all in your heart and mind at once. No matter the age or schooling format, a new year of school has the power to gather all the feelings, smash them together like our last playdoh creation, and push them deep in our gut until we know how ...
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