So it turns out that the art of postcard writing, that is to say, where to write the message, where the stamp goes, what’s a stamp and what constitutes a full address… these are interesting gaps in our students’ knowledge of the world: electronics and texting and email have left them coming up short in the actually putting pen to postcard writing.
That said, postcards were written and sent. Hopefully they will arrive.
Great day touring Kyoto and seeing many famous local sites…
Breakfast in the hotel, than a walk across the street to the Peace Park.
So we had an amazing, somber, eye-opening and memorable morning in Hiroshima, starting with a hotel breakfast and a walk to the Hiroshima Peace Park and Museum.
We learned much about the devastation of the Atomic Bomb…
Then we took the bullet train to Kyoto, where we arrived in the pouring rain… a little afternoon rest before our next adventure out this evening for dinner and a little discovery of the city.
We are checked into our hotel in Hiroshima after one long flight and one short one with a layer that included noodles and some treats at the Narita airport.
It is 9:30pm on Wednesday in Hiroshima, 5:30 am Wednesday morning back home and most of us did not really sleep so bedding down tonight should be pretty easy.
Tomorrow is breakfast and our first half day of touring. We are looking forward to getting out and about tomorrow.
First stop? The Peace Garden in Hiroshima…
More after we sleep!
KM
More tomorrow after we sleep!
Saying farewell in airport
24 8th graders, 4 chaperones and a lot of excitement!
Lots of family sending us off
Japan here we come…
I related to this blog post on so many levels. At Seven Hills, I have been talking to our parents about making their own learning visible, about letting children see their executive function in action. Growing up the oldest of five, I cannot recount how many times all five of us were in tow at the local Shop Rite. My mother considered it a successful outing if her list was written in row of the aisles and she only had to drive her carts through once. Yes, I said carts. Two carts for two weeks worth of groceries for a family of seven. Amazing.
As I got older, my job was to make everyone;s lunch on a school night. Two sandwiches each for the oldest two of my four brothers and two sandwiches for my father. One each for the rest of us. So nine sandwiches per night was pretty much an entire loaf of wonder bread, along with a pound of bologna. Six lunch bags, a piece of fruit and some sort of sweet treat: models, cupcakes, twinkles. I knew pretty early on the world did not revolve around any of us…
This post gives me pause… love it!
Maybe we should bring errands back… Huff Post Blog
This speech, at the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s commencement ceremony last week leaves me enticed and thrilled about what is possible in education. This speech also reminds of Between the World and Me, Ta’Nehisi Coates , amazing text, made all the more poignant when heard as an audio book read by the author. Yes, we are living in an interesting moment in our nation’s history. Yes, we have many issues to resolve and manage. And yet, I remain optimistic about the level of scholarship we can generate and the level of discourse we can aspire to…
Parenting Blues during Middle School
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Thanks, Mary Murphy, for this timely article.
Coaching Parents over time has great impact on students’ development
This study reinforces the notion that parents can have a profound impact when they actively engage their children…
Head's Up, Kathleen McNamara 