It was a rewarding experience to present our personalized learning work to such a passionate group of educators from across the country. And to top it all off, I am beyond proud to share that our school was officially recognized as a Magnet School of Distinction.

I’m incredibly honored to have represented Hawthorne Scholastic Academy at this year's Magnet Schools of America National Conference!

We just wrapped up our 3D-printed jewelry design challenge. The result? A very fashionable intersection of STEM and Style. While students designed for themselves in this challenge, next quarter they will take what they have learned and engage in a design cycle to make a meaningful piece for a peer

The staff gave these budding designers a true taste of the professional world and had lots of requests for the students during the design process.

Kudos to the students for navigating the engineering design process like pros and delivering excellent final products.

What happens when you mix advanced 3D printing technology with a staff lounge full of cookie enthusiasts?

Our latest student project! 🍪🖨️

Students were paired with staff members to design personalized cookie cutters.

Cricket Hill at Montrose Beach with people sledding

I had an amazing time sledding this afternoon with my son in the fresh snow 🛷

Seeing them tackle a genuine design challenge, take feedback, and experience that client-designer relationship firsthand was incredible. I’m so proud of their hard work.

Next up: cookie cutters for their families and school staff.

A pile of completed 3D printed bubble wands

Students sitting and standing around a tray of bubble solution blowing bubbles

An older student holding a bubble wand for a younger student to blow. Two other students are watching.

My homeroom students interviewed their first grade buddies and together they designed the perfect bubble wand. Then, my students brought the designs to life in Tinkercad and and 3D printed them. We ended the week gifting the buddies with the completed wands and having a bubble blowing party!

Picture of a red hibiscus taken on 11/1

While I love the changing seasons, I’m sad this will most likely be my last hibiscus flower till next summer

“Well into its second century, Lazarus’s masterpiece still commands the American imagination, offering a pledge that remains fulfillable but unfulfilled, impossible to enforce and impossible to repeal.”

www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/144...