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When in Maine, visit lighthouses. And walk on bluffs if you can. And play in a field. And lay in the grass. And enjoy where you are.
Tag: kids
More posts on this trip: Soul Food and Sea Life, Seashore Trolley Museum.
This is an understatement. We did spend a day in Ogunquit during our trip, which basically involved having lunch at The Wild Blueberry and then walking the mile-long Marginal Way from Ogunquit to Perkins Grove. Then taking the trolley back. H wasn’t up for beach shenanigans really at all on this trip, she was a little under the weather.
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More posts on this trip: Soul Food and Sea Life.
This little spot in Kennebunkport, Maine is splendid. I think this was the best thing we did with H all week, and the next time we’re in Maine we should go back.
H’s been doing the camp program at her school, but it’s only Monday to Thursday mornings. So Fridays have been our field trip days. My mom was watching my niece Grace one Friday last month, and the four of us took a drive out to Grounds for Sculpture.
My school district found the perfect way to get the staff riled up for the new school year. We had a keynote speaker this morning in a district-wide assembly, and to our total delight and surprise it was one of the 5th graders from town. She wasn’t from my building, but man was this kid something else. She paced the stage and used her headset mic like a motivational speaker on TV. She told us not to give up on her and her classmates because for some of them we’re all they’ve got. She knows working with kids can be tough (and for this she yelled out to the crowd, “Can I get an AMEN?!”), but the kids need us. She asked if we believe every child in our district can graduate high school ready for college or the workplace (“YES!!”). And she asked us to believe in our colleagues and believe in ourselves.