Paper program on a light colored table reading "PCTELA 2025 Literacy for Liberation October 3-4, 2025 Harrisburg, PA"
And so it begins! Day #1 of #PCTELA25
Here is a hand raised in #solidarity that #literacy is, in itself, a form of #liberation. ✊️📚🤔🫂
🌴 🌺 Embracing #Hawaiian term "Kahu," sacred guardian or caretaker 👩🍼💚🔥
Like the Kahu of old, #Teachers
#Guide and protect our students' #Growth and well-being 👩🏫📚💪
#ThoughtfulThursday #TeacherLife #CulturalConnections
White woman with dark hair and a headset on sitting at a desk with a laptop. Her arm is blurry because outstretched to touch the camera and her face is scrunched in an unflattering but funny expression.
✨️ Reminder: behind-the-scenes, we ALL have moments where we're not so #Glamorous! 🤪📸 Trying to film here but the camera was on picture 🎬🤦♀️
The more ya know! 🤣🤣
#LifelongLearner #TeacherLife #WittyWednesday #LightheartedLaughs
Just reflecting on the organized labor's #History in the USA 🇺🇲 🏭 🤔💭
Unions & federations have battled for #WorkersRights & #PoliticalExpression, shaping our nation 🛠🏆👷♀️
Today, let's #Honor their #Legacy & keep striving for #Progress 💪🌟🚀 #UnionStrong #LaborDay2025
Today’s anti-brain rot accomplishments:
🎹 90 minutes piano practice, focusing on Grieg’s “Notturno” and relearning Joplin’s “Swipesy Cakewalk”
🏺 30 minutes Latin study, mostly grammar drills
📚 15 pages of Mary Beard’s SPQR
How have you reclaimed your brain today?
#classics #booksky
#MondayMornings - Woke up in a panic, thinking the alarm was a dream 😱🚨 But alas, reality calls and it's time to kick it into #TeacherMode 🏫👩🏫
How long does it take you to settle back into your routine again?
#TeacherLife #BackToSchool #JustDreaming #MondayMood
Living room background with dark brown table in foreground. On table is bright neon green hard plastic soup ladle with small triangle feet at the bottom and curves into a small head with small holes for eyes at the top of the handle.
Celebrating #TheLittleThings -
Partner gifted me this #Nessie shaped ladle from OtotoDesigns 🥣🦕
A little silly but it makes me smile 😊💚 Here's to lots of winter soups!
#SillySunday #LochNessMonster #TeacherLife #SoupSeason
🎒👩🏫 #BackToSchool means Saturdays are my new favorite day: indulging in some much-needed #SelfCare, sleeping in, and not setting an alarm! 😴💤
#SleepySaturday #TeacherHumor #WeekendRecovery
💡🤯 #FunFact: The school bus system is the largest mass transit system in the US, yet school buses account for < 1% of traffic fatalities each year 🏫🚌 So this #Weekend 'hit the brakes' on school spirit & 'idle' safely to #Relaxation 💆♀️✨️ #BackToSchool #FunFactFriday
Candid photo of a female with really long brown hair, dark colored glasses, wearing a dark maroon sweatshirt.
👩🏫 🍎 Joining the #TeacherTrend on this #ThrowbackThursday! 🎒✨
A pic of me in 9th/10th grade. 📚🔙🕰
Now teaching those grade levels! 😅
Funny how life comes full circle! 💫
#HighSchool #TeacherLife #LifelongLearner
Picture on kitchen counter. On left black mug with apples and pencils patterned around the exterior. On white napkins to the right is a sliced red apple.
👩🏫📚 Tell me you're a teacher without telling me - My breakfast 😅☕️🍎
#AnAppleADay #BackToSchool #TeacherLife #TeacherHumor
Bitmoji person with a backpack. Path leading up to a generic school house building with many windows and a large clock above the door in the middle.
🎉 So it begins again! 🎉
✨️ Here's to another fantastic year of learning, growth, and memories ✨️
Welcome, 2025-26 school year! 🎓📚✏️ #BackToSchool #FirstDayOfSchool
Picture of a newspaper page titled memory lane with an image of Benjamin Rush with a quote relaying how he believed no one man should hold absolute power.
📰😲 He's everywhere! Even in local newspapers, they can't resist quoting the gossip king himself, #BenjaminRush 🤫🗣🤯🎇 Learn more about the juicy #RevolutionaryWar drama on #ToriPhantom's #FoundedPodcast 🎙🎧 #LessonsFromHistory are still so relevant! 📚🌟 #PastMeetsPresent
🌟🤯 Answer: Guords 🍠
Calabash gourds have been utilized as flotation devices, cups, & even musical instruments. For flotation, gourds were dried & hollowed out & used as makeshift life jackets, river rafts, fishing floats, and pontoons.
#HistoryFacts #FoodFacts
🌟🤯 #FunFact: Only 2 ppl signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th. The rest signed in August 1776! 📜✍️ So don't sweat the small stuff this #IndependenceDayWeekend & #Relax - even #History takes its time! 🇺🇲🎆
#FunFactFriday #AmericanHistory #Celebrating #FourthOfJuly
🤔💻💡This week's @Google searches for kiddos: #DIY #Fireworks legal in my state? 💥🤷️ Would more stars be added to the flag if we get more states? ⭐️🇺🇸 Why does #America love blowing stuff up? 🎆🙄💣
#ThursdayThoughts #PoliticalHumor #NeverStopLearning #CurrentEvents #FourthOfJuly2025
💡😂 #WittyWednesday: Why are #Fireworks the funniest & most entertaining #Jokesters?🃏🎭 Because they never stop crackling and always go out with a big bang! 🎆🎇🤣
#FourthOfJuly #PatrioticPuns #AmericaTheFunny #IndpendenceDay
🧐🤔 #TriviaTuesday: Which buoyant, dried fruit was used by the Incas & Mayan #AncientCivilizations & is seen as the first water floaties?
🍉 Watermelon
🥑 Avocados
🍠 Gourds
👇 Answer Below! 👇
#FoodFacts #HistoryNerd #Summertime #AncientTechnology
🏃♀️💨 🌀 Wild start to my week already! Juggling 📧 emails, 👩💻 @Zoom meetings, and emBARKing on a doggie adventure to the vet 🐶🐾 Never a dull moment! 🚀 💯
#ManicMonday #PetParent #Doggos #WorkFromHome #VetVisit
Close up on a bright neon green Nalgene bottle with a blue twist on lid. Various otter stickers can be seen with ones in center are a prancing otter with a flower crown with text above that reads "Otters Gonna Ott."
🔥🥵🌡Staying 🦦 otter-ly 🦦 #Hydrated on this hot #SunnySunday with my refreshing 🧊 ice-filled 🧊 water bottle ☀️😎💧🙌
#StayHydrated #BeatTheHeat #OtterBottle #Nalgene #Stickers
Cropped picture of a newspaper classifieds section the reads "WANTED - Modern prosthetic leg, need more than one. Call -" with the phone number covered. Has Snapchat style caption the reads "Only in smalltown PA."
📰🦿#SillySaturday find:
Need more than one? 🤔😲
Posted by a spider or ant? 🕷🐜🪳 #ProstheticLeg enthusiast? 🦿🦵🏃♀️🙄
New #FashionTrend? 👗👔💃 #UnconventionalArt project? 👩🎨🎨🖼
Who knows! 📰🗞😅
#SaturdaySurprise #NewspaperAds #SmallTownHumor #Strange
🌟🤯 #FunFact: Pandas spend 10-16 hours a day eating & can eat up to 45 pounds of bamboo daily! 🌿🐼😱 This #Weekend, let's #LiveALittle & follow the panda's lead - #Indulge in all the #Summertime foods #GuiltFree! 🍔🍦🙌
#FunFactFriday #AnimalFacts #FoodieLife #WeekendEats
🤯🥤Ingredients of @CocaCola #CokeZero are flavoring, carbonated water, and two types of potassium - just like bananas! 🍌🍌 Does that make it a #HealthFood? Maybe? 😅🥗 Synthetic compounds you say? Hmmm...👩🔬🧪 🤔
#ThursdayThoughts #SodaVsFruit #DietCoke #Nutrition #ScienceHumor
💡😂 #WittyWednesday: Why did the tomato turn deep red? 🍅😳 Because it saw the salad dressing! 🥗😱🤣
#FoodFunnies #Puns #FoodieHumor #ProducePuns
🤯🌟 Answer: PVC
🏊♀️ Sparked by his daughter's near-drowning, #Olympian / #Lifeguard Markwitz invented #BEMAFloaties - using brand new PVC plastic over the commonly used cork. 🛠🙌 150M+ BEMA floaties have been sold since 1964 😮 🚣♂️💰
#SafetyFirst #HistoryFacts
🤔🧐 #TriviaTuesday: What did Bernhard Markwitz use to create the first modern "Schwimmflügel" (water wings) in the 1960s to help children learn to swim?
🪗 PVC Plastic
💼 Dried Leather
🟤 Foam Cork
👇 Answer Below! 👇
#SummerVibes #PoolTime #HistoryFacts #SwimSafety
🌞😍 Even in the #Summer kids never cease to be #Adorable 🥰👶💕 All adults in charge are "Teacher!", no names needed!😅 Forget this #HeatWave, these little ones are melting my heart!! 🫶💚
#AdorableMoments #WhatsInAName #SummerChildcare #HeartWarming
Reflecting on this week's 🏆🌟#PersonalProgress:
✅️ Finish School Year
✅️ Read more #Books & #AudioBooks
✅️ More hours at 2nd Job
✅️ Snuggle with the #pups
Now, embracing the journey ahead, eager to conquer this week's#Challenges w/ #Determination! 💪🥳 #SoulfulSunday
Coloring page of a horse with flowers and a butterfly by its ear and snowflake geometric shapes in the background.
🎨😌 My new #RelaxationMode #Hobby? #AdultColoring! 🖍🌈 May not create the #Art, but bring it to life with pretty colors! 🖼👩🎨 Wonderful bit of well-deserved #MeTime listening to #AudioBooks 📚🎧 or watching my #Pups 🐶🐕 play in the yard.
#SoothingSaturday #ArtTherapy
🌟🤯 #FunFact: Dolphins "unihemispheric sleep" meaning half their brain rests while the other stays aware of predators 🐬🧠 As we dive into this #Weekend, let's learn from dolphins - #Rest is important even on those nonstop busy days! 🌊💆♀️✨️
#FunFactFriday #AnimalFacts
