November 2007 - Posts
Our high school is currently discussing the possibility of joining the statewide laptop intitiative. The state would contribute one dollar for every dollar spent by the school to provide laptops for all high school students. This brings to mind a lot
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Recently, I have been walking down memory lane by reading some of the Little House books. I discovered the books about the childhood of Laura's mother, Caroline. The books are called The Caroline Years . When I first learned of this series, I dismissed
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The local school district is currently in the process of adopting an attendance policy that would allow 10 absences and then require a doctor's note in order for an illness to be excused. Administrators presented the proposal last month, then revised
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I recently read The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig. The Whistling Season is narrated by Paul, a seventh grade student in a rural school in Montana. The story details the events following the sudden departure of the school teacher, and her subsequent replacement
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November 2 is the anniversary of South Dakota statehood. South Dakota and North Dakota both became states on November 2, 1889. President Benjamin Harrison shuffled the paper before the signed the documents granting statehood to North and South Dakota,
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