From the desk of Hamilton Heights Superintendent Dr. Derek Arrowood
Update No. 129 As the 2023-24 school year draws to a close, I want to share my heartfelt appreciation to students, staff, and our families for another year filled with…
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Unique ways to bring joy to your workplace
We’ve done quite a bit of talking about food, which is probably making you just as hungry as it is me. Sometimes people’s diets are so challenging that food isn’t…
Lonely in a crowd
It’s unbelievable how heavy carrying the weight of loneliness can be. It feels crushing at times when you are living through it. The weight of an elephant, a thousand pounds…
Surprise!
The girl (my mother) was going to be 14. For weeks she had planned her birthday party. When one is in the eighth grade, parties are very special. This was…
COVID is here to stay, folks
There’s an expression, “You may be done with COVID, but COVID isn’t done with you.” It’s true. COVID-19 is still very much with us even though we would like to…
Honoring those we lost, on & off the battlefield
My military career was bookended by the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq which began in response to the attacks on September 11. Many of us who served in that time…
It began with a Hallelujah
Slathering gratitude with a Hallelujah … Slowly, she walks up the steps of the church. She’s carrying burdens she never imagined she would carry. No one else can see them….
“How I Broke This,” episode 6: Rock Hard Pretzel Company
INTRODUCTION V.O.: Ineptitude … Failure … Inanity … Stupidity … Murder … Murder … Murder! This is How I Broke This. SFX: CARTOONISH BROKEN SPRING. GUY RAZZ: I’m Guy Razz,…
May is National Foster Care Month: why foster parents matter
Submitted Editor’s note: The following is a public service announcement from the National Youth Advocate Program, a local nonprofit. Its purpose is not only to thank all good foster parents…
The way to a co-worker’s heart is through their stomach
Do you want to really bring big-time joy to your workplace? Then think about food! Birthday cake. Birthday pie. Birthday cookies. Most of the time you can’t go wrong with…