Impressions After Two Months in a Hybrid
Tweet Twelve years as a classroom teacher and 25 years as a building administrator did not prepare me for the events of 2020. Yet, I continue to learn at a pace much faster than any year in recent...
View ArticleGiving Thanks, Often
Tweet Thanksgiving is one topic I blog on often. I did a quick search on my posts regarding thankfulness through the years: In November 2012, I gave thanks by simply posting a picture of my family,...
View ArticleSupporting Our Girls
Tweet Every Sunday afternoon I send out a newsletter to the HMS educators and I include a professional article that I hope will cause some reflection or new learning for the staff. Recently I shared a...
View ArticleReturning to An Era of Respect
Tweet Parents and educators are fighting a battle against the influence of some forms of mass media, particularly in the last ten years or so. Kids are swayed by role models that most of us would find...
View ArticleWhen Kids Are In The Building, Be With The Kids
Tweet Recently at the end of my “Sunday Blast”, my weekly newsletter for the elementary staff, I said, “Enjoy this week with the kids…really, enjoy the kids.” I’m certain that there are times that we...
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Keeping Kids Safe
Tweet It’s on everyone’s minds and it’s hard to ignore. Turn on the cable news outlets, the evening news or check out your favorite news app. We’re experiencing one more example of mass violence, this...
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Talking to our Children About Tragedies
Tweet Here’s a question I have thought of way many times: How do we talk to our kids about tragedies? Do we simply ignore the event or make light of it? The unspeakable Las Vegas shooting and the...
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Staying Above The Fray
Tweet It is a contrast of great proportions. I’m sitting here on a Saturday in the calm of my home office, three feet from a window with a view of tiny snow flakes slowly making a sideways trek to...
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My Mentor, Colleague, and Friend
Tweet On this 31st anniversary of the Challenger disaster, I am reposting my words from 6 years ago today. Memories flood back at the most interesting and unpredictable times. Last Sunday I was...
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Ralph Fletcher and the Art of Writing
Tweet I was honored to hear Ralph Fletcher, the renowned writer and teacher of writers last Friday in Concord, NH as part of NHASCD‘s speaker series. Here are some vignettes from his workshop with my...
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What Can A Principal Get Done During a School Vacation?
Tweet Christmas at the Carozzas School vacations can be lifesavers for Principals. They help us find the time to catch up on the managerial side of the job, much like the gift of a snow day. Here are...
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Schools and the State of the Union 2016
Tweet The President spoke tonight of education in his State of the Union Address and highlighted the reform of No Child Left Behind: We agree that real opportunity requires every American to get the...
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The Two Percent Assessment Rule
Tweet Students not taking a formal assessment. The Obama Administration swayed to the force of public opinion and has announced, according to the New York Times, a “cap on assessment so that no...
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The Power of Collaboration
Tweet I was honored to speak this past Friday at a new conference at Keene State College designed to gather together New Hampshire educators in the Southwest portion of the state. The goal of the day...
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Rick Dufour’s Brave Fight
Tweet It brings everything into clearer focus and allows us to see the what’s really important through the noise. When someone is fighting for their life, someone you know and respect, the way they...
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Is the Principal Your “Pal”?
Tweet It was painfully obvious as I talked with Kindergarten students that they already had an impression of the Principal on the second day of school. I did not even know their names yet. I’ve had no...
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In Need of Wellness
Tweet The view from Great Bay, Seacoast New Hampshire – my hike this weekend Yesterday was a rare day for me. I did less than one hour of “work” and spent much of my day engaged in relaxing...
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Nepal Needs Help
Courtesy of DZI Foundation (https://dzi.org/) How different can two lives be while existing on this same earth? Today, while working from home during spring break, I wrote up a teacher observation,...
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The Facebook Quandary
A couple of weeks ago I received a post on my Facebook timeline from one of my mother’s good friends back in St. Louis. She was sending along best wishes given the crazy amount of snow we’ve received...
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An Attitude of Gratitude
Thanksgiving may be the best American holiday as there’s so little baggage attached to the celebration. It’s free from religious or political dispute and we don’t have to worry about emptying our...
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