Friend Tree: Draw Strength from Your Community

Friend Tree: Draw Strength from Your Community

At Frank L. Madla Early College High School, our school culture includes a strong community of support. When alumni reflect on their time with us, they often remark that they leave us—and move onward to complete their college journey—with a community that they...
Audiobooks Bring the Joy of Reading to Your Busy Life

Audiobooks Bring the Joy of Reading to Your Busy Life

I was getting my children ready for the pool yesterday when I got an email notification on my phone. It had been a stressful day with both kids home, including working on a project with a looming deadline, trying to do something educational with a 5-year-old and...
Grumpy Pants: Art and Emotional Wellness

Grumpy Pants: Art and Emotional Wellness

Have you ever felt so wrapped up in an emotion that you didn’t even realize it, until something happened to snap you out of it? I’m going to share an activity that we do with our students at KIPP Un Mundo Primary, part of KIPP Texas—San Antonio, to help...
Dance Away Summer Blues

Dance Away Summer Blues

This summer is a great time to introduce your children to dance. It is not only fun and enriching for children of all ages, dance also plays a great role in the development of children’s brains and bodies. Dance requires mental, physical, emotional, and social skills....