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COMPARTMENTALIZE: IT REALLY WORKS!

March: Cherokee Month of the Windy Moon “One day . . . or day one.” -- Anonymous SEL: #3 Self-Management                        Digital Learner: #6 Computational Thinker A kind word to one in trouble is often like a switch in a railroad track. . .an inch between wreck and smooth sailing.                                                                                                                                                               – Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1...

ONE WORD CAN CHANGE THE NARRATIVE

February : Cherokee Month of the Bone Moon "One day . . . or day one.” -- Anonymous SEL: #1 Self-Awareness               #5 Responsible Decision-Making       Digital Learner:                             #5 Knowledge Constructor A kind word to one in trouble is often like a switch in a railroad track. . .an inch between wreck and smooth sailing.                                                                       ...

REDWOODS

  January : Cherokee Month of the Cold Moon   “One day . . . or day one.” -- Anonymous SEL: #2 Social-Awareness             #4 Relationship Skills       Digital Learner:                                #2 Global Collaborator A kind word to one in trouble is often like a switch in a railroad track. . .an inch between wreck and smooth sailing.                                                                                                                    ...

WHO HAS DONE THIS? (“HOW” IS ASKING THE WRONG QUESTION)

  December: Cherokee Month of the Snow Moon   “One day . . . or day one.” -- Anonymous SEL: #2 Social-Awareness             #5 Responsible Decision-Making       Digital Learner:                               #7 Innovative Designer A kind word to one in trouble is often like a switch in a railroad track. . .an inch between wreck and smooth sailing.                                                                                                                   ...

AN ARTIST’S POINT-OF-VIEW: OPEN-MINDED PERSPECTIVES

November: Cherokee Moon of the Hunt “One day . . . or day one.” -- Anonymous SEL                      # 1 Self-Awareness                    #5 Responsible Decision-Making                               Digital Learner    #1 Empowered Learner           #4 Creative Communicator A kind word to one in trouble is often like a switch in a railroad track. . .an inch between wreck and smooth sailing.                                                                                      ...

I WAS BORN IN A BLACK AND WHITE WORLD

October: Cherokee Month of the Harvest Moon “One day . . . or day one.” -- Anonymous SEL #2 Social Awareness            Digital Learner #5 Creative Communicator The great virtue in life is real courage that knows how to face facts and live beyond them.                                                                                                        –D. H. Lawrence (1885 – 1930) In Denver in the early 1950’s, middle-class homes had black and white televisions. Back east, some had color. We did not. I was enthralled with cartoons, a favorite afternoon club of school children, and of course horses on any show. Made my day! I never thought in terms of watching in color, I lived in color. T...

21 DAYS AND 5 CENTS (nickels)

September: Cherokee Month of the Nut Moon “One day . . . or day one.” -- Anonymous SEL #5 Responsible Decision-Making           Digital Learner #2 Global Collaborator   The great virtue in life is real courage that knows how to face facts and live beyond them.                                                                                                                –D. H. Lawrence (1885...