Columns & Editorials

Wham Bam Scam You Ma’am

Dina Moon

Thu, 11/21/2019 - 00:00

Warning: this column contains opinions representing the writer’s beliefs, though not necessarily the beliefs of this publication. Also, the writer is not a medical doctor. She doesn’t even play one on TV.

The Teachers’ Lounge

Teresa Sanders, Ed. D.

Thu, 11/14/2019 - 05:00

Many school districts across the state and the nation have adopted “No Zero” grading policies.

Let’s Go Home

Dina Moon

Thu, 11/14/2019 - 05:00

I’m a huge fan of one certain soap opera, Days of Our Lives. I realize that you’re rolling your eyes at this very moment, swearing on all that is reality TV that you’ll never read my column again. But, hey, back in the day, I was the queen of the soaps.

Clear the One

Teresa Sanders, Ed. D.

Thu, 11/07/2019 - 05:00

All teachers and most of everyone else is aware that student behavior is at its most severe in the mainstream classroom. Personally, I have seen behavior classrooms that were more stable than some mainstream rooms. It shouldn’t be a surprise really.

I’ve Got a New Gratitude

Dina Moon

Thu, 11/07/2019 - 05:00

Hello November! We made it! We battled through the steamiest, sweatiest October of recent memory. The costumes have been boxed up. The candy is eaten. Ok, the kids think it’s been eaten but there’s that one sack of bite sized name brand chocolate in the top of your closet, mom. We see you.

The Teachers’ Lounge

Teresa Sanders, Ed. D.

Thu, 10/31/2019 - 05:00

Overall, parents and teachers want to see students do well socially and academically. Teachers work hard to prepare effective lessons to present to students. Most parents strive to communicate the importance of academic success to their children.

Pocket Full of Posies

Dina Moon

Thu, 10/31/2019 - 05:00

I’m known as the crazy woman who, every October, makes children out of kitchen trash bags and displays them in her yard. I own it. They are my little ghost girls. I created a whole backstory about them. They came from a turn of the century orphanage.

After the Honeymoon

Teresa Sanders, Ed. D.

Thu, 10/24/2019 - 05:00

By the middle of September, we are well into the first semester of school. Back-to-school routines are in place, and the newness of shoes, uniforms, supplies and the classroom has worn off. The formerly compliant, respectful and pleasant attitudes of some students have waned.

If a Picture Paints a Thousand Words

News Staff

Thu, 10/24/2019 - 05:00

The door opens. I freeze. They shouldn’t be home yet. Dropping onto my stomach in the dark living room, I slither my way in between the couch and the wall. “Don’t breathe,” I say, hopefully to myself and not out loud, though I can’t be sure.

City of Crandall Passes Bullying Ordinance

Misty Holler Staff Writer

Thu, 10/17/2019 - 05:00

On Monday, October 7, the City of Crandall made a significant move in the ongoing battle against bullying.