Mark’s Remarks

Many of us have suffered through hardships, sickness, death of loved ones, and other things life sends our way. Invariably, we’ve come in contact with people who want to show…

Never have we experienced a time such as this. Every day I scan my Facebook page, often at breakneck speed. It’s almost like the days when I speed read my…

It’s been happening for quite some time; things I talk about, things I wear, ideas I have.   They all seem to be going out of style. I noticed it…

My great aunts and my grandmother were all school teachers. They taught in the early part of the 20th century, when things were so simple.  I’m sure they thought things…

My sweet little third graders and their mothers gave me a surprise baby shower when our first son was born. I felt ashamed of myself, because the kids were so…

Like me, you may have had mixed emotions about the “Me Too” and “Time’s Up” movements regarding the treatment of women and sexual harassment. I won’t go into my opinions…

We practiced for an intruder last week at school. The principal announced we would have a drill one day, and we spent a little time each day talking to students…

One thing we’ve always tried to do is be enthusiastic about the interests of our children. The boys have tried soccer, karate, baseball, basketball, football, and probably something I’m forgetting.…

It wasn’t always this way. I can remember when things didn’t seem to be so crazy when it came to weather. Maybe it was because I was younger.  Maybe I…

We were at a recent sporting event in which we sat near the “pep club.” I know a lot of the kids in the pep club and I think they…

A few years back, there was a somewhat new term in education. A great local educator had written a book. He also taught a class, and we were all on…

I consider myself an optimist most of the time. But as an educator, I am often in a black mood about the state of affairs surrounding education. I am often…