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First Somerset Football Band
First Somerset Football Band. I became the director at Somerset Canyons in 2016. In 2017 I felt it was time to put together a football band. Football Band Before I dig into the story of our first outing, let me clarify something. We never had a marching band at Somerset Canyons. We had a football…
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Reflections on 60 years
Reflections on 60 years. Today is my 60th birthday, so I thought I’d look back at God’s blessings in my life. Parents I had great parents. And they loved each other. They were the kind of affectionate parents that made a young kid say, “EWWW!” often. Dad would come home from work and fall into…
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Hanging in there
Hanging in there. You can read a great deal about personal habits that help you succeed, but it all starts with just hanging in there. Rock I was in my first few years at The King’s Academy (TKA). Things weren’t going as well as I had hoped. The stress was high and it was getting…
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Starting over again
Starting over again. Tomorrow morning marks the 5th time that I’ve started over with a new school. So, today I felt like reflecting on these changes. Getting Started I got my start in music education in 1988. Northampton County Schools interviewed me and hired me on the spot. I was filled with dreams and thoroughly…
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Repair Kit For Grading 4
Repair Kit For Grading 4. This is the fourth part of a review of Ken O’Connor‘s, “A Repair Kit For Grading, 15 Fixes for Broken Grades“. My last post covered “fixes 7 – 11“. This post will be looking at “Fixes 12 – 15”. Fix 12 Don’t include zeros in grade determination when evidence is…
