Usually by the second week the summer camp students are already acquainted with how things are done, and we can investigate things in more depth and detail. This group, however, quickly learned to work together and maximize every experience they encountered. Some of the events in the second week certainly made that apparent. At...
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The summer camp was a flurry of activity and excitement, and not once throughout it did I have a chance to reflect on the adventures we had. As I reflect on the blur of days that were the summer camp, I am impressed with...
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Over the past few weeks of the Cultural and Language Immersion program, I have seen some really impressive work. It has been a fun and intense time, with so much information being passed on to the youngsters. Today’s class, however, took me for a...
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As the semester comes to a close, it seems like summer is just around the corner. Hold on a minute…. it is! As hard as it is to imagine...
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In a recent novel study class, my students and I were exploring the theme of “knowledge versus wisdom” within the book Franny and Zooey, by J.D. Salinger. One of the...
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I have always felt strongly that education is one of the best methods of correcting the wrongs of the world. When you educate children about peace, it is far...
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