Melanie Leggett
Bio coming soon
An Invitation
I’m presenting at the Dairy Arts Center this Sunday for Indigenous Peoples’ Day… and I’m absolutely terrified.
As a white woman, my antiracist journey has been anything but straightforward.
Helping Kindergarteners Fall in Love with Letters
One of the most exciting parts of kindergarten is watching children discover the alphabet. And fall in love with letters.
Rhonda Santoyo
I’m a Certified Academic Language Therapist (CALT) with over 24 years of teaching experience. I hold a BS in Elementary Education from Baylor University, an MA in Teaching from Dallas Baptist University, an Elementary Level 1 Montessori Certification, and a K-8 teaching certification. Most of my teaching career was spent at The Shelton School in […]
Stepping Back
When we step back instead of stepping forward as parents, we give our children space to grow and build confidence.
Handing Students the Keys
Moving from student-centered to student-driven education… Sometimes all it takes is trusting kids enough to hand them the keys.
It’s not about the dishes
What do doing the dishes and being a middle school student have to do with each other? Both require grit, responsibility, and care for each other.
Ella Norman
Bio
Olivia Saint
My journey as an educator started in environmental and experiential education, which allowed me to explore teaching and learning beyond the classroom setting. During the 2018-2019 school year I took part in Friends’ Teacher Preparation Program, completing my teacher candidacy at a Title One school in BVSD. After graduating from the TPP, I moved to […]
8th Grade’s Magical Retreat
What a fun, chaotic, hot, happy, amazing, crazy (but in a good way) first day of our Eighth-Grade Retreat (adjectives generated by eighth graders). Knowing we couldn’t check into the Retreat House until 3:00 p.m., the teachers decided to take the students to Lyons for a long hike and a cold plunge.
