School Archive

We did it! Today was the first day of school, and we welcomed the start of the new academic year with big smiles. R, now a first grader, was excited, though apprehensive at the prospect of homework (it’s really happening) and uncooperative about his clothing choices ...Read More

Three weeks from today is the first day of school in my town!  This realization hit me today as I surfed through my calendar, looking for an opening for a meeting with colleagues. On August 26, 21 days away, my baby girl starts kindergarten. My ...Read More

If you follow me on Instagram, you may have seen our new piano. Scored a few weeks ago via our town’s Freecycle group, the piano now sits happily (or at least I like to think so) in a nook off of our kitchen. Several ...Read More

On my town’s parent email listserv today someone asked the question I had been wondering about: when is the last day of school? As a first-time elementary school parent, I wasn’t so sure—despite having town-wide school calendar taped inside my date book. I had ...Read More