“Can you find the two bunny ears?” asked Sofia Isabella to students in her fourth grade music class at Fletcher Elementary School. The school’s music room looked like a sea of keyboards — indeed, Isabella wasn’t referring to rabbits. “Bunny ears” instead were references to ...

Michelle Trussalo knew early on that her goldendoodle, Dwight, was capable of bringing joy to anyone who encountered him. “Since I adopted Dwight, he’s always had such a gentle and loving temperament,” said Trussalo, assistant principal at Fletcher Elementary School. “I always tried ...

Fourth graders in Tracey Eliason’s class have spent much of the first month of school learning about Hispanic Heritage Month through a research project and class-created book. “We started doing these projects last year,” said Eliason, who looped with her class after teaching them in ...

It’s been said that a picture can paint a thousand words — but at S.G. Love Elementary School, approximately 300 hand tracings can tell you just how much the students and staff in this learning community value the importance of friendships and relationships. Both have been the focal point ...

Ask any teacher or school staff member what the most gratifying part of their job is and, chances are, they’d proudly tell you the story of seeing their students grow through education. But, for teachers and staff who have the chance to work with English language learners, that growth comes ...

If you ask longtime Bush Elementary School teacher Tari Geisler what she loves teaching the most, chances are she won’t hesitate in her response. “Science. Technology. Engineering. Mathematics,” said Geisler. “That’s what I live for. It’s what I’m all about because it’s all ...