"Hooray! It's time to vote for your favorite entree in the first CATS Travel Writing Contest. Yes, you can vote online and the lucky winner with the most votes receives the $250 People's Choice prize. Voting began on Monday, December 19th and ends on January 10, 2012. Here's … [Read more...] about It’s Voting Time in the Travel Writing Contest
Stites McDaniel
Home for the Holidays
"The snow came and went yesterday, but there is no doubt that winter is here. We have completed our 2 week period, always a kind of weird time of the year, between the Thanksgiving break and holiday hiatus we give our staff. This year, some the drudgery of this 2 week period was … [Read more...] about Home for the Holidays
Reflecting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WumPgSRIxg "Cutting wood. Housing renovations. Pasture maintenance. It is the time of year when we dedicate our full selves to work projects. I am always very introspective about this time of year as, by trade, we are educators; and yet, we must … [Read more...] about Reflecting
We Are Great Adopters!
"The end of the fall season took a long time to truly finally happen, but no matter how you cut it, the week of Thanksgiving definitively means the fall outdoor ed season has ended and the winter outdoor ed season has begun. We bid a fond farewell to Patrick Duvall as our winter … [Read more...] about We Are Great Adopters!
SPEAQ!
"Are you concerned about my spelling? I do have a background as an English teacher, and I also have spell check, so what in the world could this title mean? SPEAQ is the acronym for the group of English teachers in the Quebec province and, this past weekend, SPEAQ had its annual … [Read more...] about SPEAQ!