October is National Principal's Month. We asked Lisa Clarke, Principal in Mission School District, the following question:

"What does educational leadership mean to you?"

#NPM25 #Principals #BCed

Need some help figuring out what to put in your emergency kit ? Visit www.boston.gov/departments/... for a full list of items! #NPM25 #ReadyBoston

Here are some things to consider when making an emergency plan click the link www.boston.gov/departments/... to get started! #NPM25 #ReadyBoston

September is National Preparedness Month #Boston! The time is now to make sure you are prepared for any emergency by having an emergency plan, building a kit, and being signed up for AlertBoston!

Visit Boston.gov/emergency for tips on how to do all 3! #ReadyBoston #NPM25

Better than shopping for presents for the holidays!

Don't wait to prepare your household, start now with our Emergency Preparedness Guide available here: https://www.beready.af.mil/Key-Resources/

#BeReady | #nationalpreparednessmonth | #NPM25 | #emergencypreparedness

Do you have everything you need in your kit?

Don't wait to prepare your household, start now with our Emergency Preparedness Guide available here: https://www.beready.af.mil/Key-Resources/

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How Many Poems? #NPM25 Day 30 A poem a day for 30 days, which also means I have read poem upon poem upon poem for 30 days. I’ve read poems to my students, poems written by my students, poems offered as invitations, poems …

30 poems in 30 days. Thanks #npm25 for a great month of #writing #poetry. #verselove #reflection

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#NPM25 PROMPT- DAY THIRTY. GO! #ohiopoetlaureate

If: NPM25 Day 29 Last week I came across a list of someone’s favorite children’s books of 2025 and was immediately drawn to If I Could Choose a Best Day. It’s a collection of poems that all begin …

Writing under the influence of If. #npm25 #poetry #writing #verselove #sliceoflife

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#NPM25 PROMPT- DAY TWENTY-NINE. GO! #ohiopoetlaureate

A Change in the Schedule: NPM25 Day 28 Ducks in a row meetings planned appointments pointed and then POP the crown detaches quickly pushed back into place but the damage is done to the dental work to the schedule to the planning to the …

Expect the unexpected #npm25 #poetry #writing #verselove

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EXTRA #NPM25 #poem. And it is another 'definitions manifestations translations transmissions' called "transmissions: positive negatives." #freeform #freeformpoem #poetry #NationalPoetryMonth #npm #shortpoem #shortpoetry

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Day 28 of #NationalPoetryMonth - one of my first #haibun #poems. Dedicated to all the editors, teachers & writers who self-edit. Gotta love that "red pen." #NPM25 #npm #poetry #poetrychallenge #shortpoem #shortpoetry #editing #Writing #teaching #redpen #redpencil
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#NPM25 PROMPT- DAY TWENTY-EIGHT. GO! #ohiopoetlaureate

Ode to the Sea: NPM25 Day 27 Traffic crawls lot’s full secret parking is not so secret today a sea wall of humanity lines my beach (I’m not mad, everyone should have a relationship with the sea) As I walk, the sea …

An ode for Sunday. #npm25 #poetry #writing #verselove #ode

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A little-bit of a longer #freeform #poem for Day 27 of #NationalPoetryMonth. And a little bit suggestive. "making love with poetry books." #NPM25 #npm #poetry #poetrychallenge #shortpoem #shortpoetry #notsoshortpoetry

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#NPM25 PROMPT- DAY TWENTY-SEVEN. GO! #ohiopoetlaureate

Irritating Eyes: NPM25 Day 26 Scott’s prompt to write a poem about a minor ailment made finding a subject easy, but figuring out how to make a poem of it was much harder today. And as often happens, I had to find a struct…

Write about a minor ailment. #npm25 #poetry #writing #verselove

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#NPM25 PROMPT- DAY TWENTY-SIX. GO! #ohiopoetlaureate

Room of Ordinary Things: NPM25 Day 25 For today’s poetry inspiration in our first grade classroom, I pulled out Georgia Heard and Rebecca Kai Dotlich’s Welcome to the Wonder House and we read a poem or two from each “…

A #poem from the room of #ordinarythings. #npm25 #writing #dandelion #haiku

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DAY 25 OF #NationalPoetryMonth a (sort of) rhyming 4-line #poem about one of my favorite #hobbies, #stargazing. Here is "stargazing memory." #poem #poetry #poetrychallenge #shortpoem #shortpoetry #NPM25 #npm

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#NPM25 PROMPT- DAY TWENTY-FIVE. GO! #ohiopoetlaureate

Springtime Haibun: NPM25 Day 24 Spring is a time for bees and buds and blossoms. It seems that everything is in motion, including my students. We’ve passed the time of settled in and are now in the time of change. Plants ar…

Capturing some classroom springtime in a #haibun. #npm25 #poetry #writing #verselove

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#NPM25 PROMPT- DAY TWENTY-FOUR. GO! #ohiopoetlaureate

Things to Do: NPM25 Day 23 There is a certain kind of overwhelm that enters the classroom when the number of remaining school days drops below 30. Student learning skyrockets with confidence at its maximum–these should…

When there are too many things to do, #write a poem. #npm25 #poetry #verselove #spring

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#NationalPoetryMonth Day 23. A #haiku #poem, my second about goldfinches. "american goldfinch #2" #NPM25 #npm #birds #bird #poetry #poetrychallenge #shortpoetry #shortpoem

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Dragonfly

#NPM25 PROMPT- DAY TWENTY-THREE. GO! #ohiopoetlaureate

An Earth Day Prose Poem: NPM25 Day 22 Sometimes Ocean roars in like a dragon, frothing and swirling, energy radiating from every salty drop, tossing boats, leveling cliffs, chasing swimmers to shore. Every scale and feather ripples in …

What poem will you write for #earthday? #npm25 #poetry #writing #verselove

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WHAT? YOU MISSED IT? Never fear, you can watch the recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHrZ... Huge thanks to @ohioarts.bsky.social and Sheila-Na-Gig #ohiopoetlaureate #npm #NPM25

Day 22 of #NationalPoetryMonth is a pretty purple flower. "swamp iris" is today's #haiku #poem. Enjoy! #poetry #poetrychallenge #NPM25 #npm #shortpoetry #shortpoem #Nature #irises #iris

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