Author: Margaret Lavin
Opinion
CLASS NOTES – Thankful for a Modern Day Thanksgiving
November 21, 2012
Charles Dickens penned, “Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many – not your past misfortunes, of...
Opinion
CLASS NOTES – Halloween Facts and Fiction
October 31, 2012
Soon, ghost and goblins will be playing tricks and eating treats, prancing down neighborhood streets and causing chaotic fun with...
Opinion
CLASS NOTES – Starting Off on the Right Foot
August 29, 2012
We buy our kids new backpacks and stuff them with paper, pencils, protractors, folders, and lunchboxes all in the hopes...
Opinion
CLASS NOTES – Peninsula College Fund Helping Beat the Odds
July 25, 2012
Founded seven years ago, Peninsula College Fund’s mission is to partner with and aid motivated, gifted and traditionally under-represented minority...
Opinion
CLASS NOTES – MOM, I’M SICK!
March 28, 2012
While this winter was unseasonably warm and dry, fooling even the lovely flowers into pushing up early, Spring has sprung...
Opinion
CLASS NOTES – Get Moving
February 22, 2012
According to Santa Clara County Officials, one in four kids in Santa Clara County are either overweight or obese, and...
Opinion
CLASS NOTES – Elevating Early Learners
January 25, 2012
California is one of nine states to receive federal Race To The Top Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) money. This much...
Opinion
CLASS NOTES – Understanding the Meaning of Thanksgiving
November 23, 2011
People often inquire about my ability to work with middle school children citing their often unpredictable, narcissistic and unruly behavior....
Opinion
CLASS NOTES – Going Green for Halloween
October 19, 2011
I never realized how ‘green’ my family had been. In the 1970s, we recycled and practiced many other environmentally sound...
Community
A PENNY-WISE DAD’S DAY
June 15, 2011
William Smart, a Civil War veteran, was widowed when his wife died while giving birth to their sixth child. He...