Maureen, Redbank Valley High School, New Bethlehem 

This was a day of firsts -- I was the first author ever invited to Redbank (thank you very much) and another first, which is somewhat embarr...

Benny explains to Danny, "you are a big brother now." To which Danny replies, "You mean we're taking this home?" 

Am I seeing spots? Whoa. Am I seeing spots! The stage at Weaver Middle was banked by hula hoop sized yellow and black spots, the teacher...

The old saying is that Anonymous was a woman. In these instances, Anonymous is a teacher. Here are some comments I have heard from anonymo...

Poetic Karaoke? Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Here's the plan: Kids had to find a song and print out the lyrics so that they could develop a good ...

That was a question from a third grader at Edgewood Elementary today. I responded that I think that poetry brings folks together. I'm ...

Okay, how cool is this? I walked into the school and looked down and realized I was walking on poems written by CMMS kids and published in ...

Lunch with students at Waynesville Middle School. I told them about a story I’d heard on the radio driving down – about the schools in New ...

Now, this really is a bright idea -- hold a conference for pre-service teachers that patterns itself off of a reading or english conference ...

Okay, I filed another extension on my taxes. Every year I say I'm going to get in under the wire and every year...but this year (with a...

Marysville, OH is home to (among many other things) a large Honda plant and the only (that I've noticed) Japanese language television st...

I seem to be gaining back an hour a day in my sleep patterns -- today I slept in until 4:30 AM. I'm kind of liking this early morning r...

Wow! Mill Valley did such a fantastic job of tying my visit directly into the curriculum needs of the school, I just have to talk about it....

Coming home on a jet plane can be a lot more complicated than leaving on one. It is 3AM, I am back in OH and rather enthusiasitically jet l...

Caltex International School is one school with two campasses, Duri being the northern brother. The kids were so excited for a day of poetry...

Today we had our poetry jam at Caltex School – every student presented a poem with pride and more than a little attitude. Not only did ever...

And another in Sumatra 

Well, I've been welcomed to schools, I've been introduced with poems and songs and outstanding performances, but this is the first t...

Sara in Sumatra