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Veteran’s Day
Earlier this week we commemorated Veteran’s Day very simply at HMS by having a hallway celebration, something we have done many times. At about 8:10 AM our staff and students proceeded out into their...
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The Power of Patriotism
A few years ago a teacher in my building gently chided me for being a bit overzealous in my patriotic praise. During a June Flag Day ceremony I stated to the students and staff how fortunate we are to...
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My Favorite Vet
I have a natural affinity for anything with knobs, buttons, keys, screens, speakers, and sliders, which began at 13 when I earned my ham radio license. My father, an electrical engineer, passed on his...
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A 9/11 Message to Elementary Students
courtesy of worldstatesmen.org Like many of you, my school, Harold Martin Elementary, has direct connections to 9/11. One of our teacher’s sons worked for a New Hampshire Senator and was actually in...
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MLK Day
Courtesy of utsa.edu I was a young child in the 1960s but I still remember the stress that year brought to my family. In the tragic year of 1968, I was seven years old, and while Laugh-In was the...
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Memorial Day 2013
The Concord (NH) High Marching Band, taken this morning during the Memorial Day Parade. Living in the world of schools, certain “holidays” take on additional meaning. In elementary schools we take some...
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Wisdom From a D.C. Cab Driver
I’m writing this post at Reagan International Airport, after working with the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in D.C. for the last three days as part of the Principal’s Standing...
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A 9/11 Message to Elementary Students, Revisited
Tweet courtesy of Business Insider I received an email recently from an elementary Principal (named Robin) in New York State that reminded me that that the fateful date of 9/11 is right around the...
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Tweet I was a young child in the 1960s but I still remember the stress that decade brought to my family. In the tragic year of 1968, I was seven years old, and while Laugh-In was the rage on TV with...
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