As you’ve read, Harrisburg Academy hosted a food drive in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving in an effort to help those in need. Later this year, we’ll come together as an entire school community to raise money…
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There is so much in our world that people focus on and worry about. When I get a bit overwhelmed by the news and things happening around the world, I try to take a step back and focus…
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Our character flag in 1st grade is “Thankful” — and what a great time in the academic year to be focusing on being thankful! Thanksgiving is on Thursday, and the 1st graders are so excited to celebrate.  We...
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Some children hate bath time. The hide, they yell, and they stomp their feet. As much as their parents might wish it, just giving up bathing isn’t an option. So what do you do? Most parents come up…
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Computers have been around for a long time. Back in 2005 when I was teaching our introductory course in computer science, I devoted a whole week to the history of computing because I felt it was important for…
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Our Junior Kindergarten motto is: “The future belongs to the curious. The ones who are not afraid to try it, explore it, poke at it, question it, and turn it inside out” (author unknown). We certainly used our...
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I grew up reading the “Peanuts” comic strips every Sunday. There isn’t a holiday season that I haven’t watched a Charlie Brown special. I hear the Vince Guaraldi Trio (or a woodwind ensemble) playing “Linus and Lucy” and...
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Back in May, I wrote an extensive blog post about our rationale for switching to a new interim benchmark assessment. Now that we have officially completed our first full testing window with the MAP (Measures of Academic Progress)…
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Harrisburg Academy’s 2nd grade students built a 3-D model of a suburban community to demonstrate what they are learning in social studies class about urban, rural, and suburban communities. Their model had neighborhoods, restaurants, hospitals, a school, a...
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