We started school much earlier than many parts of the country. In fact, my district received a special waiver from the State of Florida to start the year earlier by a week to ensure that our 2nd quarter is not split into two by Christmas vacation. That meant a week less this summer to [...]

Here in my county in Florida, we’ve just wrapped up the first week of school. It has been a very exciting, fun and productive week. This week, we learned that the study of Geography is not just learning about rivers, mountains, volcanoes and the like, it’s about making connections. These connections can be made with [...]