Nibs from Nancy

The Spirit of Christmas and the Spirit of community and generosity are alive and well at Churchland Primary.  I know, because I have seen.

In a article published by Michelle Obama for USA Today, the President’s wife begins her article saying that  “Embedded in our nation’s core values is a spirit of community, generosity and entrepreneurship — a can-do attitude that says no challenge is insurmountable. When so many people are struggling to make ends meet, we need everyone pulling together to solve our nation’s problems and to lift up our fellow Americans.”

  A problem that is near and dear to my heart is education. Teachers can make a huge difference in education when they apply those words written by Michelle Obama.   

On this last school day before our Winter break, I have seen the spirit of Christmas, and the spirit of community & generosity that Michelle Obama wrote about in her article.  I just returned from the classroom of Ms. Roxanne Richardson, second grade teacher at Churchland Primary, who gave copies of all her digital files to help fellow colleagues. These resources, now arranged in organized files on the Media drive at school, were generated over a period of three years.  This contribution represents a tremendous amount of time, energy and caring, and will serve as a valuable resource to other teachers that teach second grade now and in the future. Various types of SOL correlated, content resources & materials are included in these files, and will serve the Churchland Primary teachers and students well.  Thank you, Roxanne Richardson, for your keen sense of community and generosity.  Thank you for pulling in a direction that helps to solve a problem.   Thank you for sharing the Spirit of Christmas!