"It's a Beautiful Life"- Genevieve Galvan Frenes

When my son was young, I’d tuck him in bed and make sure he was secure in his blankets. I’d marvel at his small, handsome face and wonder, “How will my life change when my youngest is older?” “Will I still be the same parent as I am right now?” Now, four children later, (three…

I am one of thousands of California teachers who somehow managed to make it through the fall semester of 2021. It was a very long and treacherous road with many highlights and rainbows, as well as bumps and bruises along the way. So, when I say “welcoming a new year (cautiously),” I mean that we…

It’s been six weeks since I started back to traditional instruction as a teacher at a high school. This year I began my 25th year in teaching. What were the most precious memories so far? For starters, I chose to not focus on rules the first few days or weeks like I normally would have…

Greetings everyone… It has only taken me SIX months to get back to you after a daunting encounter with teaching distance learning from home to hybrid learning in the classroom to in-class hybrid learning with multiple cohorts. This probably doesn’t make sense to most people unless you’re a teacher coming out of a pandemic which…