It’s Super Bowl weekend, and this yearly battle of teams prompted me to reflect on teamwork in our daily life at PNA. We’ve all seen the inspirational messages: “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.” -Michael Jordan “None of...
Goofy + Giggly + Growing + Gregarious + Gangling + Gabby + Groggy + Gross = GREAT! (The Truth Behind Middle School) Middle Schoolers are not called “‘tweens” for nothin’. They are in between the innocence of childhood and on the brink of understanding real world...
Writing is hard. Writing about writing is harder. This seems to be all that comes to mind as I try to write about the students’ writing. I know how a student feels when I see her staring out the window during Writer’s Workshop – not writing. In these times,...
Happy new year! Our first week back from a lovely holiday break was short but busy! Our language arts and social studies times throughout the week were dedicated to preparations for the Martin Luther King Jr. assembly that will take place this Monday morning. We...
“Youthquake” is defined as a significant cultural, political, or social change arising from the actions or influence of young people, and has been selected by Oxford Dictionaries as the 2017 word of the year. Working with the PNA middle schoolers every day, we can...
