“Be like a postage stamp–stick to one thing until you get there.” – Josh Billings

By ANNA NGUYEN Courier-Post Staff Every principal dreads office visits from students misbehaving in school. A new program at Maude M. Wilkins Elementary School has reduced these visits to Principal Scott Arnauer. It has also earned the school national honors. In September, faculty and staff introduced an “action level” program that addresses acceptable behavior for… Read more »

First Grade African saying- “If the fingers of the hand quarrel you cannot pick up the spoon.” I use this with my students to demonstrate the importance of cooperation. I invite them to draw faces on each of the fingers and tell them that the fingers were not getting along. Each one wanted to do… Read more »

I will respect other’s rights. Keep hands, feet, and all objects to myself. I will be a respectful listener. Respect other’s opinions. I will be a responsible person. Complete all work and make good choices. I will make wise decisions. Consider other’s feelings as well as my own. I will work for the best solution…. Read more »

Four years ago, several boys at Avondale Middle School in Rochester Hills, Michigan, were suspended for sexual harassment. The boys thought they were just flirting. The very next week, Maria Kopicki’s eighth-grade criminal law class decided to rework the school sexual harassment policy. That policy banned four broad categories of harassment: verbal abuse, pressure for… Read more »

A professional educator is value driven, guided by principles, passion and a purpose bigger than themselves. A professional educator is a need analyst who s competent to diagnose and prescribe options for educational success and significance. A professional educator believes their work is a vocation and calling rather than an occupation where one merely occupies… Read more »

With so much emphasis on reading, math, and science, social studies is not receiving the same degree of attention it once did. As a result, we sometimes forget how important this subject is to the growth and development of children as future citizens. There are many ways parents can create meaningful activities that are fun… Read more »

Listen to us and we’ll tell you a rap About Room 20, the helping hands class. H stands for honest, we ask to use things. It also stands for happy, hear us sing. A stands for active cuz we love to learn. And to do that we re attentive so that s not a concern…. Read more »

The story is told about the great Louis Armstrong who was asked as a small boy to go down to the river to get a bucket of water by an old lady. When he went down to the river he saw a pair of eyes looking at him out of the water. An alligator frightened… Read more »

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. – Gilbert Keith Chesterton