“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 ...

Fletcher Elementary School kindergarteners have taken learning their ‘ABCs’ to a completely new level this school year. Students in Melissa Gormley’s kindergarten class have been participating in an “ABC Exchange” with kindergarten classrooms from across the country. “I thought ...

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 ...

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 ...