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I have three resolutions for this school year.

To be as available as any student, colleague, or parent requires.
To attend an extra-curricular event for every student I teach.
To promote mastery as a priority in the learning environments I create.

The first two resolutions are the same as last year, and continue my committment to building community, and [...]

Isn’t it incredible how quickly the new year comes around?
I have spent the last weeksetting up my room, welcoming new ninth graders, and trying to get a plan together for the new school year.  I am excited to be teaching World History AP again, and to begin to teach World Religions.  For the first time [...]