Pat Mendina
On Decades of Teaching the Female Voice
When I first began teaching at a Catholic all-girls private school in the mid 80’s after seven years in public school, I thought that I...
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Rachel Davies
Jun 7, 20216 min read
Speaking and Serving: Citizen Rhetor Symposium
As an alum of the school where I now teach, I cannot remember a day we were not reminded of the school motto: Serviam--I will serve. We...
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Jessica Bailey
May 31, 202112 min read
No More Apologies: Empowering Her Voice in Classroom Discussion
On a particularly nondescript day, a day like most others in the middle of the work week, I walked into our faculty’s communal office...
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Katelyn Hayes
May 23, 202110 min read
Her Mathematical Voice: Creating Authentic Math Assessments to Deepen Understanding
In this post by math teacher Katelyn Hayes, she continues the conversation about the intersections of math, writing, and student...
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Kate Schenck
May 16, 20216 min read
Racial Literacy as Student Well-Being
Notes on this reflection: I am not a mental health professional and my references to “well-being” competencies are based on general...
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Megan Griffin
May 9, 20219 min read
Their Right to Be Heard: Young Women's Voices and Cultural Silencing
A few weeks into the first year of my graduate program in American literature, my Race and Gender in Nineteenth-Century American Lit...
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Melinda Smith
May 3, 20213 min read
The News Ring: Building a Circle of Trust
As we prepare for the arrival of summer and begin reflecting on this extraordinary school year, COVID-19 has reinforced and made clear...
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Sarette Albin
Apr 25, 20217 min read
Truth and Beauty: Finding Delight in the Written Word
Let me tell you about a crush I had in college… He carried a messenger bag around campus and scribbled in a notebook so tattered I...
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Kyle B. Lee
Apr 18, 202110 min read
First Year Epiphanies: A Spring of Wellness
A merchant travels north along an ancient road, pulling an old cart behind him. He comes to an intersection where a woman with a bag sits...
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Kate Schenck
Apr 11, 20215 min read
A Journey of Heroic Empathy: The Odyssey Design Challenge
The Status Quo Recently I saw a post on Twitter that asked a question about teaching Shakespeare—if a text or author is considered...
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Claudia Mathison
Apr 5, 20216 min read
Writing for Math: Developing Growth Mindsets in Young Mathematicians
The beauty of mathematics only shows itself to more patient followers. — Maryam Mirzakhani If I am being honest, part of what drew me...
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Kate Schenck
Mar 29, 202110 min read
A Community of Writers
During this year of quarantine and distance learning, we would be remiss as English teachers if we failed to note the irony that we feel...
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Megan Griffin and Kate Schenck
Mar 22, 20219 min read
Whose Stories Do We Value: Revising an American Literature Course Through the Lens of Antiracism
Our reflection is framed by quotes from The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead, our summer reading for our American Voices course,...
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Rachel Davies
Mar 15, 20216 min read
Community Vernacular: Healing Fear Through Shared Language
I am so lucky to co-teach an English course for high school juniors, American Voices, with Kate Schenck and Megan Griffin. This past...
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Jessica Bailey, Corby Baxter, and Kyle Lee
Mar 8, 20218 min read
We Are The Weirdos: How "Reading in the Dark" Builds Classroom Community
A year ago I was Chair of our English Department and challenged my colleagues to create a fresh selection of senior level English...
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Sarette Albin
Mar 1, 20215 min read
We Become Whole When We Are Heard
Last fall, looking to escape the insanity of 2020, I picked up a copy of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab. In the past, I...
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Corby Baxter
Feb 22, 20215 min read
On 'Looking Upon' Art: Texts that Encourage Empathetic Thinking
Last spring, like millions of teachers worldwide, I was confronted with the question: What now? It wasn’t that learning became...
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Kate Schenck
Feb 15, 20217 min read
The Flow State and Mindful Writing
In December 2019, I had a major panic episode that launched me from a robust and busy life of performance, achievement, and purpose into...
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Megan Griffin
Feb 8, 20216 min read
Lifting Her Voice
The day my sixth-grade teacher Ms. Hartman—a stern, perfectly coiffed brunette with an array of glasses in every shade of the...
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Kate Schenck
Feb 1, 20215 min read
I Hear You, I See You
Yesterday was the inauguration of President Biden, and while I watched the ceremony, I was brought to tears by the pomp and circumstance...
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