Spreading her wings

Sacred Heart Middle School eighth grader Cate Perakslis spreads her wings while she and her classmates performed with Dallas Chief Eagle II during an assembly at Sacred Heart School’s Link Auditorium in Yankton Friday. Chief Eagle, who is a recognized master of the Lakota Hoop Dance, worked with Sacred Heart students throughout the week asContinue reading “Spreading her wings”

True Colors – Accepting Each Other

I love this video. “We live in a world where differences are all around us. Sometimes it’s easy to get caught up in these differences, especially when we see them in the people that surround us everyday. MattyB believes that everyone deserves the same thing: love. It’s not always popular to love someone and embraceContinue reading “True Colors – Accepting Each Other”

LED Hula Hoop Birthday Party with Cara Zara

LED Hula Hoop Birthday Party with Cara Zara. The party finishes with a spectacular show that looks like live painting with colorful lights and movement.

A DIRTY LETTER – WTRF – Wrong treatment of children

UGH!! MAKES MY BLOOD BOIL! A news station in West Virginia (WTRF) posted this teacher’s note which told parents to clean their children before sending them to school. “TELL US: Do you think the teacher is out of line? A DIRTY LETTER: A school teacher took measures into her own hands. She sent out thisContinue reading “A DIRTY LETTER – WTRF – Wrong treatment of children”

“A Child Loves His Play (not because it’s easy, but because it’s hard).” Benjamin Spock

“A child loves his play, not because it’s easy, but because it’s hard.” – Benjamin Spock Our educational system is at a crossroads. Our K-12 schools adhere to an outdated industrial model of education even though we are firmly in the Information Age. Higher education is under fire for not teaching students enough real worldContinue reading ““A Child Loves His Play (not because it’s easy, but because it’s hard).” Benjamin Spock”