Love the college-going culture I saw at Dietz Elementary elementary today!

Shout out to Mrs. Miller’s geography classes who engaged in collaborative competitions putting together 136-piece world map puzzles. The winning team got it done in 31 minutes. #collaboration

#HouseoftheDragon got me doing a historical deep dive on in medieval C-sections.

CHAMP!🏆🥇

Texas A&M holds on for a tight win in College Station 👏

Secondary icoaches commemorated International Talk like a Pirate day with Captain Brandon Vestal reading to elementary students and his shipmates adding flare in Pirate Nation. Arr, Matey!

What is your preferred pronunciation of the word “template”?

The world looks different after 7 hours of sleep.

It’s always an honor to write letters of recommendation for students applying to college. However, I always get a multitude of last-minute requests. Early admission deadline is coming up. I got 5 requests in the last 24 hours. Me getting ready to write 10 letters tomorrow.💪

Happy Halloween! Who sings your favorite version of “I put a spell on you”? If you haven’t heard all four versions, go listen and vote!

What do you do when it’s a sunny day, but you need to review the Constitution unit? Constitution kickball of course! Love the movement and gamification! @historywithmr_h

Going on college visits with students is one of my favorite things about being an educator. Great visit today UT Dallas with the AVID students of Crandall ISD (seniors pictured)

My son, an 11-year-old, said, “if teachers don’t make learning fun, students will create their own fun.” I can’t stop thinking about it. Engagement is such an important piece of learning and classroom management. #6thgradewisdom

Thanks TVCC for hosting AVID students from CrandallHS! We definitely have some future cardinals in our group!

In addition to finding out the tooth fairy isn’t real, finding out that Whataburger is not Waterburger can be equally devastating… My 6yo who is learning to read, asked while going through the drive through, “why does it say Whataburger? It should say waterburger”… #shook

Some Good Friday wisdom from Barbara Brown Taylor.

“Everyone has ups and downs, but you really show what you are made of when you bounce back from defeat.” Ken Norton

“Every teacher in the school plays a role in successfully educating multilingual learners.” Tim Boals

A sobering message from a history teacher: I’ve spent years teaching American and international government — from strong democracies like the UK to authoritarian regimes like russia and China. But lately, the most alarming lesson comes from home. 1/n