Courage Actually

Today some hundred plus adults entered elementary school again. Three times a year, business leaders, community volunteers and other friends of The Oaks Academy see what life is like inside this special school. (I have included excerpts from the Oaks website as clarification below.)
What a privilege it was to witness students with their partners [...]

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Mrs. Anderson

Last week while walking through the Oaks Academy at the speed of Jaden (see earlier post by same name), the pre-kindergarten teacher stopped to ask if Jaden would be in her class next year. I told her how he would have been in pre-k this year, had we sent him to the Oaks. However, we [...]

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5 minutes and counting

That’s all I have before I turn into a pumpkin. Five minutes.
 Five minutes to tell you that today I had the privilege of tagging along on my son’s field trip to a huge park for a nature walk, along with a visit to the Rowing Center (more on that later). After lunch, the teachers had [...]

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