“Friendships begin because, even without words, we understand how someone feels.” – Joan Walsh Anglund

June 29

Meeting Classroom Behavior Standards If you have a number of boys that are physical, noisy and on the active side I would recommend a different solution. The Clapper! You can purchase a clapper which is a noise activated switch that you can have in your classroom. 1-Plug it into the electrical outlet and plug a… Read more »

When parents and teachers see different points of view on deciding which behavior interventions to use there is a need to write down the specific options that are needed to be explored and make decisions. If the parent faults the teacher it’s important to describe specifically what the parent is saying. Ask parents for permission… Read more »

The best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other. – Author Unknown

There has been a great deal of research done on the value of fathers’ involvement with their children, but nowhere is fathers involvement more significant than in a child’s education. According to a study conducted by the National Center for Educational Statistics (1996 National Household Education Survey), fathers can be a positive force in their… Read more »

“Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth … Truth-telling, I have found, is the key to responsible citizenship. The thousands of criminals I have seen in 40 years of law enforcement have had one thing in common: Every single one was a liar.” John Edgar Hoover (1895-1972), American director of FBI –… Read more »

Sunday, February 19, 2006 CALLIE CLARK MILLER ~ Southeast Missourian Educators and even law enforcement agencies have established programs to help prevent bullying. The poster in the glass display case at Alma Schrader Elementary explains it best. Beneath the colored pencil drawing of an angry-looking girl wearing big black boots kicking a crying classmate, a… Read more »

A CYCLE IS A PATTERN THAT NEEDS TO BE BROKEN, FROM DAMAGING WORDS SO FREQUENTLY SPOKEN. I CARE ABOUT YOU AND HOW YOU GET THERE, YOUR STRUGGLES YOUR BURDENS I’LL WELCOME & SHARE. THERE S SO MUCH UNCERTAINITY IN ALL THAT WE DO, I’VE FOUND SOME REAL ANSWERS TO HELP US THROUGH. THERES NO DOUBT… Read more »

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these. – George Washington Carver