A2. This is teaching year 15 for me LakotaLocalSchools, and the beginning of the year vibe is more exciting, energized, and authentic than ever! I’m so ready to greet each of my new students with this vibe tomorrow using the simplest of tricks—a huge, genuine smile #EastSlowChat

What an incredibly powerful end to an awesome first day—listening to @NickJGives remind us all that WE write our own stories through the choices WE make #IAmSpeakLove #HereWEgo #WEareLakota

HUGE shout-out to all of the #lehs_2022 parents for attending our Lakota East High 9th grade Curriculum Night last night! Your support is beyond appreciated ❤️ #WEareLakota #hereWEgo

Congrats to our Honors English 9 Odyssey project winning board game, comic book, and travel brochure! Excellent work by all @lehs_2022 creators, and these were voted first place by our interactive museum participants :) #WEareLakota Lakota East High Amy Mahaffey Stephanie Hewitt

So proud to present my student nomination, nasma jarabah, with her recognition as a finalist for the 2018 Greater Cincinnati Character Council “Heroes of Character” award. She is definitely an outstanding character role model for all those around her! #WEareLakota Lakota East High

RECESS in high school?! Yes, please! We’re having a great time in the Board Game Room 😄#WEareLakota Lakota East High #theEASTway Emily Edwards

Love the way this area of my classroom has evolved into a comfortable corner recognizing and celebrating our identities—thanks again to Sara K. Ahmed ON BLUESKY and #BeingtheChange for the inspiration! #WEareLakota

What a truly inspirational night all around the “What if’s...?” of education! Proud to be part of #ThisIsWe at Ignite 1.0 #LakotaEdChat #WEareLakota

It was great having you, Amy Mahaffey! I’m so excited to take part in this opportunity next! Just another awesome example of how important it is that we truly “hear” student voice. #WEareLakota #WEareEMPOWERED

As we read TKAM, we took Atticus’s advice to heart (“climbing into/walking around in the skin” of others to understand their POV) and created Multi-Genre Pieces written from the perspective of the characters. Today we shared our awesome work! #theEastway #WEareLakota

If you’ve been a Cincinnati Bengals fan for as long as I have, you know going into half time against the Steelers like this is definitely a #SeizeTheDEY moment! WHODEY!

Making Romeo and Juliet come to life Shakespeare-style by taking my English students out of classroom and onto the stage! #WEareLakota Lakota East High #lehs_2022

Beyond impressed by my Lakota East High #LEHS_2022 student, Olivia Marshall, taking her Service Learning Project to the next level by creating her own organization, logo, and website!! Visit wereallweirdos.com to check out her passion. #WEareLakota #theEASTway

I'm continuously inspired by the way my students challenge themselves to go beyond the walls of our classroom and make a difference. Awesome job, Natalie! #WEareLakota

Special thanks to Keith Koehne for letting me know that fellow Lakota East High teacher @MrsRobertsonLE and I are featured in one of the High Aims home page photos (highaims.org) from the summer institute! Feeling ever-so-slightly famous ;) #WEareLakota

Excited for #LakotaLearning Day Lakota East High! Thanks Ms.Sanders for the flyer inspiring us to showcase our lessons today 😊 #WEareLakota

#lehs_2022 students in the Lakota East High Hub using @Flipgrid today to create video feedback for their peers’ upcoming Magnified Giving speeches 😊#WEareLakota

Awesome first #LINCCLearning experience with playlists in our LINCC Lab flexible space! Proud of our #lehs_2023 students for jumping right in to get our vision up and running 😊#WEareLakota #dothework Emily Edwards

I LOVE being part of this program! Excited to see what our students are passionate about this year! 😍 Through Magnified Giving, Liberty Township students became philanthropists - Cincinnati Enquirer cincinnatienquirer.oh.newsmemory.com/?publink=07e99…

Congrats to our Odyssey Project winning board games (1st and 2nd were separated by only 4 votes!) & comic book. Excellent work by all @lehs_2023 creators and interactive museum participants #WEareLakota #theEASTway #dothework Amy Mahaffey Stephanie Hewitt