Football on OC16.

High school football season kicked off this weekend. Kaiser lost to Farrington 28 to 12. And OC16 has started airing its commercials on television, including one for the August 27 game between the Kahuku Red Raiders and the St. Louis … Crsaders?

Photo from actual OC16 promo (Koji/IDC/21 August 2010).

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Share an accomplishment that has given you the most gratification as an educator.

There is something magical when a positive mentor relationship is developed with students. Not only are they willing to do their work, but they are also more apt to taking chances. What continues to give me the most gratification as an educator is being an active mentor in the lives of my students so that even in rough times, they will have the courage to face any obstacle.

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Define me.

I am a Swiss Army Knife.

A brush, a pen, a camera
A keyboard.
An obsessive calendar.
A patient guide.
I see the world through the captured lens.
Captured moments of memories.
I write about the world through the wells of time
From an experience only I am responsible for.
Those that follow, I push to lead.
Those that lead, I push for excellence.
I focus on what matters most to me.
And what matters most, only I can define.

- gkn

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Where do you go when you want to hide?

There is a secret place...

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Writing Instruction: Reading Like Writers.

Teaching students to read like writers so that they can write like readers.

This has been the focus of a two-week Hawaii Writing Project workshop that wraps up today, a workshop that I would highly recommend to any teacher that would like to explore a different process to writing instruction in the classroom.

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