Happy New [School] Year & Welcome (Back)! To say that the beginning of a new academic year is my favorite time of year is an understatement! For me, there is very little that compares to the feeling of…
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The fall sports season began on Aug. 13, 2018. There are many reasons why playing a fall sport can enhance your experience at Harrisburg Academy! First, by the time school starts, our students already know many of the…
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I recently had a conversation with an old friend from high school about the unprecedented number of school shootings that have been occurring recently. Throughout the discussion, my friend kept referring back to the number of people who…
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Everyone has his or her own brand of genius, and often the areas at which we excel are the areas that we are passionate about exploring. When we love what we’re learning, learning is fun! That’s why we...
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One does not often think about music and computers getting along. Music is all about warmth, creating pleasing sound, and expressing emotion. Computers are usually thought of as cold and calculating, embodied by logic and a need to…
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School is over for the year, and that means summer reading! One of my favorite parts of the end of the school year is the day I get to present the summer reading books to all of my…
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I’ve written before about my affinity for customs and traditions and their importance. They are an integral part of who we are and where we’ve come from, helping us pass on to next generations our values and beliefs….
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The children in Junior Kindergarten have been busy learning about insects and other creepy crawlers over the past few weeks. Through hands-on activities, the children explored the parts of an insect, insect life cycles, insect habitats, and so...
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Last month, the 1st graders jumped on a yellow school bus to depart for a field trip to the Oakes Museum of Natural History. Before we left the classroom, I asked the students if they had ever been...
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In part 2 of this series, I left off sharing that I was learning to program a Z80 Starter computer in its native machine language — and I reported that the computer still works! It has evolved quite...
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