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Month: April 2021

Book Reviews

The Fourteenth Goldfish

  • Posted on April 30, 2021October 15, 2021
  • by Lauren

After reading The Terrible Two Get Worse, the second in the series by authors Jory John and Mac Barnett with their signature witty and whimsical illustrations, I offered The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm…

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Growing Up

Braces & Burlington with Mom

  • Posted on April 24, 2021
  • by Lauren

I covered the last two class periods of the day for my friend and colleague a couple of weeks ago. She needed to take her teen daughter to the orthodontist, a little over an hour…

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Book Reviews

New Kid

  • Posted on April 16, 2021April 17, 2021
  • by Lauren

I was so excited to take a deep dive into middle grade literature as I prepared for my new teaching role at NCS. Jerry Craft’s graphic novel, New Kid, won both the Newbery Medal and…

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Life Now

Letter to the Letter O

  • Posted on April 9, 2021
  • by Lauren

One of the better writing prompts Adirondack Center for Writing released during the pandemic was “write a letter to your favorite letter”; my mother-in-law responded with a sweet and funny ode to the letter E.…

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Chirp

  • Posted on April 4, 2021April 4, 2021
  • by Lauren

People who climb all 46 High Peaks – mountains over 4,000 feet –  in the Adirondacks are called 46ers. While we do a fair amount of hiking at North Country School, we also do a…

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