Trevor: The Musical: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
November 11th, 2021
[caption id="attachment_31505" align="alignleft" width="300"] (Photo credit: Joan Marcus)[/caption] Endearing and engaging are just two of the words that come to mind for the new show, Trevor: The Musical, that just opened at Stage 42 in NYC. Heading the 19 member company is 13 year old very likeable, charismatic Holden William Hagelberger from ...
And Then They Stopped Talking To Me: Making Sense of Middle School by Judith Warner (Book Excerpt)
May 5th, 2020
We’ve all been there. It might have happened last week. Picking up your son outside his middle school, you watched as he stood on the sidewalk while his classmates swirled around him, leaving for sleepovers, birthday celebrations, or impromptu parties that came together right under his nose. His frozen smile as he ...
Am I Ready For Middle School? by Peggy Bogaard-Lapp
January 26th, 2014
This week I went to the Parent Open House for Middle School, getting a jump on my fifth grader's future. As I trudged up the steps to the building, I had a twinge of sadness, thinking about my baby, and how the last few years have been a blur. I ...
Perspective Matters Part II by Conlee Ricketts
January 20th, 2014
[caption id="attachment_16765" align="alignleft" width="300"] How big is this?[/caption] Last week Perspective Matters Part I gave two points I plan on sharing with a group of future teachers that are currently in their student teaching phase. This week I am sharing two more. When I say “perspective matters” I mean that it ...
