ACA-SCUSE ME??

photo by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Granada Hills High School, in California, has "won its fifth U.S. Academic Decathlon national championship" in six years!   I don't mean to brag, but Granada Hills is three towns over from where I grew up, two towns away from where I live now, and immediately below me when I fly out on trips.   So you know, fo'getta'bout'it! I'm practically on their team!     news

Principle in the type:  "Try to learn something about everything and everything about something."     Unknown

NOVEL IDEA

photo by Bruna Ferrara

Novelist Harper Lee has died.   Lee was the world renowned "To Kill a Mockingbird" author.  ~~Many a school child's (and adult's) good read!     "The world knows Harper Lee was a brilliant writer but what many don't know is that she was a extraordinary woman of great joyfulness, humility and kindness," said "Michael Morrison, head of HarperCollings U.S. general books . . . "   What better attributes to be known for?          news             

Principle in the type:  "Kindness begins with the understanding that we all struggle."     Charles Glassman

MISS MATH

photo by Kim Manley Ort

Just a little humor in honor, or in spite of this year's Miss America Pageant.  (For the record - I Support Math.)



                                  

Principle in the type:  "There is no such thing on Earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person."   G.K. Chesterton  

                                                                   Happiest of weekends to you, Peeps and Peepettes!

RULES FOR KIDS

photo by Nathan

Did school start this week for your babies?  It did in my town.  Do me a favor, try not to make these cuties cry on their first day!




                               

Principle in the type:  "There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children."      Nelson Mandela  

MOCKINGBIRDS AND SCHOOL

photo by Avolore

Car ride home from vacation with the kids remind you of the video clip below?   Summer's over!  School's in!  Enjoy.  Laugh.  Or cry.   However it suits you.






                               

Principles in the type:  "The world of opportunity lies ahead of you, and education is the key that will unlock that door."        Gordon B. Hinckley  

                                                                                          Happy Weekend Readers!

LINCOLNISMS

photo by Gage Skidmore

It has been 150 years since Abraham Lincoln's death.  We remember him, honor him, and still learn from his character and leadership.  In school, "students respond to the president being the 'quintessential American self-made man' and for his 'work holding the country accountable' to its stated ideals . . . (news story)"      Well done, Mr. President.

Principle in the type:  "You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today."       Abraham Lincoln

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