Marmy Kodras's blog

Yes it's true...we call it hump day because it's like an irritating speed bump in the middle of the week or we say things like it's only Wednesday as if all that could go wrong in the universe will certainly manifest today.  Okay, I'm not advocating that we should treat Wednesday like we do Friday but I am saying perhaps we should choose to have a more optimistic perspective when it comes to this day.

I came across a decent article today by Don Soifer on the successful components of charter schools…

I can still remember back in middle and high school thinking about what I wanted to do as a career when I grew up.  Each year I kept hoping the idea would just hit me and my future direction would emerge; but that didn’t happen.  I saw my friends growing more and more fond of their elective classes, the ones they were passionate about because it was in line with their future plans.  Since I had nothing to grasp at, I woul

So this weekend a number that I wasn’t familiar with kept calling my cell phone…of course my first thought is someone trying to sell me insurance, a home warranty, coffee of the month club…you know the usual suspects.  Then my second thought was oh great I forgot to pay the credit card company, or my cable bill, or utilities.  The kicker is when you actually have a voice mail left from the caller.  Well now I can solve the mystery…it wasn

(written by Jeanne Lind, Director of Kids at Hope Southwest Campus)