Archive for August 9th, 2006
Overcoming Strep
Wednesday, August 9th, 2006The last few days have been debilitating. I started feeling crummy in Baltimore, which progressed from slight discomfort on Friday to excrutiating pain on Sunday. By Monday, I knew I needed to visit the doctor, but he was closed until Tuesday. So yesterday he diagnosed me with strep throat and/or a severe respitory infection and [...]
Dean Jonathan
Wednesday, August 9th, 2006More on our local Adopt-A-School experiment. Jonathan, in 2003, with a PS 34 student After offering teaching positions to both Jonathan and Dorothy, the principal at PS 34 asked Jonathan to also become the 7th and 8th grade dean. As dean, he will be responsible both for math interventions with underperforming students and disciplinary issues [...]