September Parent Cafe
Thursday, September 11 was my first Parent Cafe for parents of elementary students. I was thrilled to have 24 parents who represented K-5th grade. Esther Tsuji, one of our resource teachers was a...
View ArticleBack to School Day and Growing Leaders
September 15th was Back to School Day at Christian Academy in Japan(CAJ). It is always encouraging to see all of the parents who attend, especially at the elementary level. If I did my math right and...
View ArticleOctober Parent Cafe – Playing Games
Growing up I spent a lot of time at my grandparent’s home because my parents had their own business. Friday nights we would eat at my grandparents’ house and then my mom would take some food back to my...
View ArticleWeeding, Rooted, and Growing
Nami hard at work I have been putting off weeding around my house the last few weeks. When we moved into this house I asked the real estate company to put rocks around the house. I didn’t want grass...
View ArticleStudent/Parent/Teacher Conferences
Conferences began today and will continue Friday and Monday. There has been a lot of preparation happening in the classrooms for the students to be ready to share their portfolios with their parents....
View ArticleLessons From Baking
For the past few months I’ve been doing a lot of baking without wheat flour. I’ve been using rice powder, soy powder, almond powder, coconut powder or a combination of these. My first try with coconut...
View ArticleSummer Reading
The 2014-2015 school year has come to a close. One of the best things about summer is time to read! I know I’m looking forward to reading a variety of books this summer. For those students who will be...
View ArticleFor Such a Time a This
I wrote this on Saturday in the shinkansen on the way to Hiroshima, but didn’t get to post it until I got back to Tokyo today. Those words are from Mordecai in the book of Esther 4:14. Several years...
View ArticleCoaching
Presently I am participating in an online Connected Coaching course. Many people will think of a sports coach, but that is not the coaching I will be writing about. This is the first all online course...
View ArticleNew Hats and Old Hats
It seems that for the past 3 years, I’ve had various jobs to do at our school. I am thankful for the opportunity to try new things and to be able to say, “This one is not for me. Yes, I could do the...
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