by Lisa Maples | Apr 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
Did you ever stop and think? This question was posed to my class today. After reading a poem about the Earth and how humans have negatively affected the Earth, a child intently asked us, “Did you ever stop and think about what we are doing?” This moment...
by Lisa Maples | Mar 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
Drama in Middle School is a given. Hard working, dedicated, expressive, amazing students in Honors Drama, put “drama” in a category of Art! I am celebrating some amazing middle school students and their Drama performance at the state Theater Conference....
by Lisa Maples | Mar 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
Dizziness. It’s a bad place. It’s a place filled with “what if” and “when will it stop?” moments. For the last few days, I developed a dizziness accompanied with nausea right on the heels of a sinus infection and a throw up virus. So today, the world became steady...
by Lisa Maples | Mar 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
Tonight as I was cooking dinner, I snacked on raw broccoli. The smell of it sent me back decades ago when my mother would cut up raw cabbage to snack on while she was cooking dinner. Suddenly, I remembered those moments of the brisk and flavorful raw cabbage...
by Lisa Maples | Jan 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
Today I boldly walked into an office at my school to speak with three Administrators. I wanted to tell them how I had solved a problem which had made less work for them. They were all so pleased with my solution. On other days, I have walked into their offices...
by Lisa Maples | Dec 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
Ruth Ayres invites us to celebrate each week. Click over to her site Discover. Play. Build. to read more celebrations. My youngest daughter wrote a note to me in appreciation for me paying for her registration for the Girls on the Run 5 K Race and inspired me to...
