(318/365) American Education Week
"Education is the key to success in life and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of students." - Solomon Ortiz
“Opening the door to each child’s future.” - The Pewaukee School District
August 18, 2018 (230/365)
"Wooden ships on the water, very free and easy; Easy, you know the way it's supposed to be..."
- Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
July 28, 2018 (209/365) • ILYA X Championship Regatta hosted by the Pewaukee Yacht Club
"Sailing a boat calls for quick action, a blending of feeling with the wind and water as well as with the very heart and soul of the boat itself. Sailing teaches alertness and courage, and gives in return a joyousness and peace that but few sports afford." - George Matthew Adams
March 15, 2018 (074/365)
"Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world."
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu
The day after our schools were closed due to a security threat, students' lockers display little bits of good.
December 18, 2017 (351/365) “Sleep is good and books are better.” - George R.R. Martin
And I intend to enjoy plenty of both over winter break. But first, here's a look back at the books I read in 2017. What did you read this year? What are you looking forward to reading?
Book Goal: Initially 20, but reset to 30 in August
Books Read: 30
Books Set in/About Paris: 12
Books Borrowed from the Library: 19
Favorite Book(s): All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr and, of course, Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Least Favorite(s): Into the Water by Paula Hawkins and the work-related books
Longest Book: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (531 pages)
Shortest Book: I'd Rather Be Reading by Guinevere de la Mar (96 pages)
Funniest Book: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
November 13, 2017 (317/365)
"Opening the door to each child's future." - Mission of the Pewaukee School District
Steve Jobs famously stated, "Technology is nothing. What's important is that you have a faith in people, that they're basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they'll do wonderful things with them." And so I begin another week of helping to provide tools to the very good and very smart colleagues with whom I work, so that together we can "open the door to each child's future."
