As we all process the tragedy in Texas this week I am compelled to ask the question, where do we turn when we know something is off with our children? I know families going through troubles today and some will be going through more tomorrow. The hopeless feeling that there is nowhere to turn and the helpless feeling that nothing they do seems to be working. It is easy to make parents or families the villains, yet good people in our community struggle with the emotional burde

Seeing problems is often times the focus, yet creating solutions is so much more important! If every time a child or an employee comes to us with a problem and we give them solutions, we are not helping ourselves. They are then trained to find problems and have someone else to solve them. It is an easy trap to fall into yet harmful to them and society as a whole. In creating a solid workforce for our brighter future, we need our children and our staff to be "thinkers". If t

"Our children are our future" is said so often, but it is profound how much this is true. Our entire economy is affected by the workforce and leadership they turn out to be. Everything from our environment to our innovative health care will be in their hands. We will be gone or done working soon enough, most of us are looking forward to the grand "retirement" we have been working towards. What I want to do is look at just how important our time, money, energy, social norms,

Igniting a passion can happen instantly! Love at first sight with a new topic/subject/skill, something is sparked and a new adventure is underway. Some passions happen just that fast, while others take time and reflection to ignite. It also varies for each individual. As teachers guiding our students through a subject, we try to find ways that connect a "known" interest to the new topic. There are many ways we can make things connect and my best teachers in my life were eit