Tonight was Open House at Cheyenne's school. Cheyenne is fortunate to be able to atend the STEM Center, the magnet school in the West Fargo School District that focuses more intently (in addition to regular education topics) on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (hence, STEM). I say fortunate because I do believe Cheyenne's time at the [...]
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The artful stalking of Mr. Wegscheid…
I was out school shopping with Cheyenne last week when she put her hand in front of her mouth (to avoid any lip readers in the vicinity from understanding her covert message) and whispered in a hushed voice intended only for me (but still heard by many), "That is my art teacher over there." I had to [...]
The ruin of Rome…
Cheyenne had an assignment to create a model representing the architecture from Ancient Rome. She decided that this model would be best created with air dry clay so we scurried over to Michaels on Friday so that she could create her masterpiece on Saturday morning and have it dry by Monday morning. She worked diligently [...]
A glorious sound…
I played violin as a kid...well, played may be too generous a word. I think "played" denotes some level of mastery. When I practiced even my high level efforts sounded like a cat in heat...a really loud and frustrated cat. My cousin was a violinist with the Philadelphia Philharmonic and my parents were hopeful that [...]
Mrs. Bestge walks on water.
Cheyenne has really been enjoying her new school. Every day I hear about all the great discussions and projects they get to do and about how much she likes her teachers. Mostly though I hear about Mrs. Bestge, Cheyenne's reading and writing teacher. Mrs. Bestge has emerged as Cheyenne's favorite. I can tell already that [...]
Oh yes, there is a correlation between size and skill.
You likely have heard the saying, "It's not what you've got, it's how you use it." I believe that is often intended to be the antithesis of an even more common saying, "Size matters." I think about these two sayings every morning when I take Cheyenne to school. Cheyenne is at STEM this year, West [...]
The speed of flight…
Well, Cheyenne went back to school this week. This year she is in 6th grade at a new school. The first day of school (which was Tuesday in West Fargo) she was a tad nervous and decided that she had thought better of middle school and would not remind returning to the much more familiar [...]
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