The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book. ~Author Unknown Often I have parents and students ask me what happens during a teacher institute day.  When I was a teacher, I had a fifth grade student who…

Even though the future seems far away, it is actually beginning right now. ~Mattie Stepanek Last night I had the pleasure of welcoming our new elementary school families.  While we have new students in all grade levels, the bulk of…

Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get. ~H. Jackson Brown, Jr. In Pleasantdale, we are working hard to take a great organization and make it better.  There are several ways in which we…

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning. ~Benjamin Franklin There have been volumes written on organizational change. Effective change energizes an organization and creates conditions where people can do their best work.…