As many of you may recall, last year I spent a day walking in the shoes of students from each grade level. This year, I鈥檝e committed to Walking in the Shoes 2.0 where I will spend time with staff, such as a secretary or bus driver, and different programs in our district.
At the end of the school year, I had the wonderful experience of Walking in the Shoes of a 12th Grader at 番茄影视 High School with an outstanding senior, Aidan Glaze. 7:30 AM I arrived with security guards outside the school.聽 I wondered why?聽 Turns out it’s senior prank week, and we have some extra…
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I鈥檓 getting closer to graduation. Below are a few reflections from my recent Walking in the Shoes of an 11th Grader at Squalicum High School. 7:45 a.m.聽 I just sat down in Spanish 3 at Squalicum with student Jackie Dierdorff. 聽I was just asked if I speak Spanish by Profesora Sandy Miller. I tried to…
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I wanted to share with you my most recent experience: Walking in the Shoes of a 10th Grader! 7:50 a.m.聽 I just arrived at Options High School with Taylor Robinson. I met Taylor at the bus station downtown at 7:30 this morning and we walked to school. There are no school buses for Options so…
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I am excited to share with you my experience earlier this week Walking in the Shoes of a 9th Grader at Sehome High School. I tried something new and wrote throughout the day as I caught time during and between classes. I hope you enjoy. 8:30 a.m. Monday Today is the first day of high…
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I had a great week recently where I聽Walked in the Shoes聽of a seventh grader, Lindsey Eoff, at聽Whatcom Middle School聽and then a few days later in the shoes of an eighth grader, Drake Kirby, at聽Kulshan Middle School. 聽Not many people get to experience two years of middle school in one week! Some highlights: both students were…
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I have recently graduated聽from聽elementary school and have moved on up to聽middle school! I just spent the day聽Walking in the Shoes聽of Mehar, a wonderful young 6th grader from Shuksan聽Middle School. The highlights/learnings were many鈥 will choose a few to share: My first take-away was with school not starting until 9:15, I had lots of time to…
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Good morning!聽 I hope you had a restful weekend and are ready for an outstanding day鈥 would like to give you a summary of my recent day聽Walking in the Shoes of a 5th聽Grader聽at Carl Cozier Elementary with a wonderful teacher, Ms. Emily Jones. My visit began at lunch. Ms. Jones job shares, and on this…
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Happy Friday!聽 Cross your fingers that we will all be back together Monday morning without any of that white stuff around. 馃檪 I want to end the week the same way we started it, with a short description of walking in the shoes of another, this time 4th聽grade with Mr. Brian Pahl and Ms. M鈥橪yn…
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