by Martina Henke | PNA 7th Grade Teacher I’ve always been a fan of museums. When I travel for work or recreation, I try to visit at least one local museum wherever I go, and I am always thrilled and inspired. Seeing the actual Emancipation Proclamation, an original...

by Hannah Powell | PNA Beginners Teacher Science is incorporated into many of the activities we do at school on a daily basis. When the Beginners explore the sensory table, and are dropping corks, stones, feathers, and marbles into a tub of water, they are scientists...

  by Sheryll Orbse | PNA 3rd Grade Teacher Today's world demands more than the three Rs - reading, writing, and arithmetic; today's workplace looks for graduates that are also proficient in soft skills. These soft skills are also known as the 21st century skills:...

by Brenna McCormick | PNA K/1st Grade Teacher One of my goals as a teacher, and I think most teachers share it, is for my students to internalize what they have learned in the classroom and use it on their own both in and out of the classroom. Something that stood out...

by Pete Johnson | PNA 5th Grade Teacher and Technology Coordinator PNA has recently revamped its Youtube channel! The channel currently contains quite a few new and “classic” videos that have been sorted into playlists on a variety of topics. You can find the link at...

by Brenna McCormick | PNA K/1st Grade Teacher At PNA, we believe our students are capable of more than they know. We have high expectations for students, and we strive to challenge them each and every day, providing scaffolding and support as we push them beyond their...

by Martina Henke | PNA 7th/8th Grade Teacher PNA's 7th/8th graders dedicated their language arts and social studies times throughout the weeks since Winter Break to preparations for PNA's annual Martin Luther King Jr. assembly. We actually began discussing equity and...