As educators across the country are settling in to the new school year, NYC public school teachers like myself have just finished our first week back. It has been a successful week for me and one I entered recharged and re-energized. This year is unique to me for several reasons since this year I’m teaching
Category: Life Highlights
This past Friday I have had the honor and the privilege of celebrating my first anniversary as a married couple with my wonderful husband. My husband and I celebrated the day by having a super delicious breakfast feast and in the evening we went on a lovely dinner cruise admiring the city lights of New
The first week of my summer vacation is wrapping up and I must say it was a most deserved, productive and relaxed one! While teachers are never truly “off”, when there is some down time it is heartily welcomed. For the sake of brevity and (some) organization I’ll go over the highlights of the week
Hello readers of Hawk and Quill! Due to some recent advising, I have finally decided to open a store on Teachers Pay Teachers. Feel free to peruse my store for resources, lesson plans, templates, engaging activities and much more as I begin to expand my offerings! You can find the tab located on the top
This past Thursday I had the privilege and honor of attending and presenting at my first EDxEDNYC conference. For those unfamiliar with the conference, it’s a summit created by educators for educators that delivers inspired professional development sessions in different avenues of teaching from technology to pedagogical approaches to fostering student voice to others. This
I have to admit as cliche as it may sound, I am anxious and excited for the upcoming New Year. If there’s one thing that 2017 has shown me is that change is inevitable and much of it can be good. An obvious retort but an important one nonetheless. This year has seen a significant
Well, like most bloggers and fledgling writers, I am interested in becoming an author and novelist. As part of this blog, I will run a series of updates as I embark on my journey to becoming an author. So, to start, I have been writing stories since I was a child. Short stories here