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My last post was entitled The Light at the End of the Tunnel. I felt I could begin to see a time when I would have this deck finished. Not that I hate working on it. Quite the opposite. I get involved in what I am doing and literally lose track of time. It is [...]

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The deck I am building is looking more and more as I had planned it. This amazes me. I had a vision and it is coming to fruition. During the process of building the footers I was doubting whether I wanted to see this through. Now that I am working on the frame of the [...]

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The deck is really starting to take shape now. The four posts to support the pergola are up and the girder is installed. Now you can start to see the shape and height of the deck.
One long post to support the pergola beams is not as sturdy as I’d like it to be though. It [...]

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I saw this video while reading some blogs yesterday. It reminded me of a message about life from a book I am reading and discussing with some guys at my church. The book is Wild at Heart by John Eldridge and it shows men how to find themselve in Christ and explains what it means to [...]

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A video I saw on iCaught the other night and wanted to share. Five hundred years of women in art.
Can you find Mona Lisa? Matisse? Picasso?

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Ten or fifteen years ago I bristled when multicultural pundits stated how terrible it was that the majority of students socialized with people of their own race. The inference here was that their social groups were not racially, ethnically, or socioeconomically diverse. The reason for this was obvious to me. You hang with people who are like you; people [...]

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Unlike the other academic teams that have a direct role in improving scores at Hampton, we have a supporting role. And we have already done a lot in our supporting role e.g. PearsonSuccessnet training for the staff, teacher web-page training, the on-line parent survey taken during American Education Week, and Hampton’s web-page.
Our roll continues. Performance Indicator [...]

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Consider this analogy. A blog is to a website as a walkie-talkie is to a radio. Like the website, the radio just “transmits” information. Similarly, the blog, like walkie-talkies, allows one to transmit and receive information from those using it. Likewise, we learn more if there is a two-way transmission of information, or there is [...]

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In the computer lab today we made UYN posters. What is UYN and how can you do it? Which Wizzy Wig do think is the most frightening?
Go to http://www.netsmartzkids.org/indexfl.htm if you forgot.
Share this sight with you parents. It has some help information to help you stay safe on the internet.

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Yadablog is on its way! Thank you for the comments and encouragement from the previous post. Look for more in the days to come and for more details about our end of the year celebrations. Also, please share this with other Hampton Fifth grade families.

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