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It’s early August, and although summer doesn’t officially end for several more weeks, summer vacation has come and gone. School in Texas starts pretty early, and I’m already back to work in the office getting ready for another school year. While I’ve been in education for pretty much my entire adult life, it has only been the past couple of years that I’ve had a true summer vacation. This year I was off from June 14-July 24, almost 6 full weeks! So what did I do during that time? Travel! Ireland Several years ago my brother graduate from Trinity College [...]

Serving in Nicaragua During this past week our entire school shut down as every single student and faculty member spent time volunteering with a different service organization around the world. This was our first ever “GOweek,” and I was fortunate to travel to Managua, Nicaragua with 15 students and 2 other adult staff members (our assistant principal and one of our Spanish teachers). The intent of GOweek is twofold: 1) to spend a week selflessly serving those in need, and 2) to expose our students to different cultures. In both regards this was a great learning experience not only for [...]