The artsy ones—every school has them. The kids that spend their afternoons and weekends backstage building sets. The ones with paint splatter on their clothes. The girls that can’t stop humming and singing and dancing … even when they aren’t on the stage. Julie Vogel ’81, Shannon Morzov ’94, Sarri Sanchez ’01 and Allison Lieskovsky … Read more…
Since my daughters Monica Amestoy ’13 (now a junior at the University of Utah) and Olivia Amestoy ’15 (now a freshman at the University of Washington) are both off the Hill and away to college, my wife and I are glad to have no more parent volunteer hours to fulfill. But to be honest, we … Read more…
A few years ago, when Sr. Celeste Botello, Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy‘s principal, interviewed me for the position of twelfth grade religion teacher, she asked me why I wanted to teach at a Catholic all-girls school. I told her that, as a product of a Catholic all girls high school, I believed in the mission of girls’ … Read more…
Upcoming EdTech Professional Development Opportunities San Diego is hosting the EdTech Teacher Innovation Summit Feb. 1-3. Topics include STEM/STEAM, design thinking and makerspaces, project based learning and coding. There are specific full-day workshops on these topics on Feb. 1. The workshops fill up quickly. If you’ve ever considered learning more about project-based learning in particular, this would be … Read more…
Here is what I think about in the shower, as I drive, while I’m folding laundry. “How can I make sure students know that there are multiple professional trade journals for the candy manufacturing industry?” (I know of at least two, by the way— Candy Industry and The Manufacturing Confectioner.) What is wrong with me, you … Read more…