Category Archives: school

medieval day

Posted on 28/05/2009 by

today was the fourth grade’s big end of school year hoorah.  they celebrated with a medieval festival and spent much time preparing.  they’ve been studying this time period for a while. they’ve broken into groups and built castles. *s9′s group’s … Continue reading →

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another year almost over

Posted on 18/05/2009 by

oh, the madness.  it happens every year and every year i’m unprepared for it.    there are 13 days left in this school year and it seems like 201 different activities for each of those days – maybe more.  and there’s … Continue reading →

Posted in family, school | 6 Comments

you’ll shoot your eye out

Posted on 07/05/2009 by

this past weekend a12 spent several hours working on an extra credit science project.  she broke out the battery operate hand tools and the hand operated hand tools. she glued and paper mached. she painted and then added a few … Continue reading →

Posted in a14, school | 6 Comments

khun tan

Posted on 04/04/2009 by

i just got back from 3 days roughing it with 31 6th graders.  and had a blast.  and learned some things.  we went to khun tan, a mountain here in northern thailand.  we spent 2 nights in cabins and even … Continue reading →

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facebook IS the greatest thing ever

Posted on 11/02/2009 by

so, I’ve got a sick kid.  s9 – he’s puking.  I hate puking.  it’s Michael’s job to handle the puking.  but he can’t, because he’s not here.  he’s in America with that new iPod touch he accidentally bought.  he’s bringing … Continue reading →

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teacher appreciation day

Posted on 19/01/2009 by

celebrating teacher appreciation day – Thai style. actually, not exactly Thai style – if it were true Thai style our school would have been closed like the Thai schools were.  this was taken from our school newsletter. …our students were … Continue reading →

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i would have sworn that was the middle east

Posted on 20/11/2008 by

c14 has a wonderful social studies teacher.  she reminds me of my high school american history teacher.  not because of what they teach, but because of their interest in their students and getting their students interested in learning.  right now … Continue reading →

Posted in c16, food, school, thailand | 3 Comments

fourth grade field trip

Posted on 10/11/2008 by

*this is a photo heavy post.  sorry about that, but i didn’t want to leave anything out!  i’ve uploaded many more pictures from the field trip to flickr. the field trip was scheduled to start at 8am friday morning.  and … Continue reading →

Posted in culture shock, food, friends real & cyber, kids, life is good, nablopomo, s11, school, thailand | 9 Comments

weekend pictures

Posted on 09/11/2008 by

here’s a few teaser pictures from this weekend.  posts to come with all the details of both these events during the week.  but i’m still recovering. field trip to the lahu village – early morning view from our hotel room … Continue reading →

Posted in a14, c16, family, life is good, love all around, michael, nablopomo, school, thailand | 9 Comments

it’s late and i’m tired

Posted on 08/11/2008 by

have you ever had one of those weekends where you volunteered to be a chaperon for a field trip, but you were ignored – i mean like your offer was never acknowledged?  and it turns out no chaperons were needed … Continue reading →

Posted in family, nablopomo, s11, school, thailand | 4 Comments