Grade 6 Blog

April 22

April 22, 2024

I have not picked up the trombone since I was in junior high school, so when Mrs. McGor...

April 8

April 8, 2024

I am a Child of the 80s: Atari 2600, boom boxes, VCRs, rotary and pay phones, and Block...

March 18

March 20, 2024

The final nine weeks of the school year are here and of course Spring Break next week. ...

March 4

March 4, 2024

I always have had good conversations with you, Spectrum parents/guardians. Even at the&...

February 19

February 20, 2024

Caitlin Clark just set the all-time scoring record for NCAA women’s college baske...

February 5

February 5, 2024

“I’m a very good man. I’m just a very bad wizard,” says the Wiz...

January 22

January 22, 2024

Last week the new semester started. There were new courses with new teachers, cour...

January 8

January 8, 2024

Happy 2024! Devoted readers know from last month that my family celebrates Christmas...

December 18

December 21, 2023

“Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that.” So...

December 4

December 4, 2023

Sometime in the 2010s I became a huge Minnesota Twins fan. Yes, I was a fan in the late...

November 20

November 22, 2023

Time to use this space for my annual gratitudes. I have many positives for which I am t...

November 6

November 7, 2023

“Be sure that you press hard enough. This is ‘in triplicate,’ so be s...

October 23

October 25, 2023

“Hey there, Buddy!”  That is a personal greeting I recently learned...

October 9

October 9, 2023

I went to a junior high school – “middle schools” were not in existen...

September 25

September 25, 2023

A former colleague of mine is going to be a first-time grandfather. While he definitely...

September 11

September 11, 2023

By the third week of school with the routine of a new year established, a calmness...