Susan Harris MacKay
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Brain Heroes
Welcome to a new school year at Opal School! We are so looking forward to getting started again. This video, from the Child Development…
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The Power of Oops
"I punch-ded Ruby today. It was an accident – ly. But it was an oopsie moment. I had an oopsie moment. Acause in my classroom…
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Reggio Emilia
Here is an interesting short film about the schools in Reggio Emilia, created by Italians, wishing more schools in their country were using this approach!…
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Consequences of Gender and Racial Attitudes
Just heard a fantastic presentation by Rebecca Bigler of The University of Texas at Austin, the Director of the Gender and Racial Attitudes Lab. Her…
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Belated Appreciation
Dear Opal School Teachers I am writing to express my unending gratitude for the gifts you have given to my children… in all likelihood my…
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Play check
The following questions come from Dr. Michelle Borba's blog, The Reality Check. They are really good food for thinking about the quality of play in…
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Middle School Transition – another parent perspective
This one from Carolyn Evans, mom of 3 Opal graduates! My first criteria was location. For all three children. I needed to be able to:…
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Transition to middle school: a parent’s reflection
This reflection is from Caroline Wolfe, who has had 2 children graduate from Opal School and move on to middle school: I remember that I…
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Focus on strengths
An Excerpt from Two Billion Dollars in Nickels: Reflections on the Entrepreneurial Life, by Paul Orfalea with Dean Zatkowsky (BookSurge: 2008): Although society’s understanding of…
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Wondering about trees
At Opal School we believe in nurturing a sense of wonder and strive to do that in many different ways. One way we do that…
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