Two magical days at Lenski Elementary in Centennial CO, as the students and staff took a Wondrous Journey and Writing Adventure!
Dr. DeSpain prepares the students for the journey.
Away we go!
Working with students and their writing.
Hanging out with future authors.
Thank you to the students and staff of Lenski Elementary for making our time together special.
Cheers,
Dean
Last spring before leaving Rwanda the call was put out for help for the Bisate Village primary school.
Adults and students responded from all over the country to help purchase Pens and Paper for 1,700 students.
Today I had the privilege to thank in person one of the schools who responded to the call for help. Isn't it wonderful to see young people excited about offering a helping hand? Through the use of a activity called a penny race, they generated $500 for the cause. And in doing so, they helped make the world a little better place.
Here was the response of the Bisate Village students when they received the notebooks and pens.
Here is Highland Elementary's response to the students of Bisate primary school!
Connecting young hearts in different parts of the world into one moment of joy. Few things are as fulfilling as that.
Thank you Highland Elementary for your generous hearts.
The day also included all kinds of cool stories and lessons learned about the Dian Fossey organization and mountain gorillas!
Cheers,
Dean
What a wonderful day with the students and staff at Mark Twain Elementary today!
A gym full of young minds and hearts eager to learn about the world!
The world provides many interesting things to write about!
All the best to the students and staff at Mark Twain Elementary!
Cheers,
Dean
What a fun day at Perrysville Elementary School in Pittsburgh PA!
Over the last couple of weeks I have had the privledge of working with the Makaika Foundation and the Nebraska Department of EDU on a series of workshops across the state of Nebraska promoting the importance of the international experience inside the Nebraska classrooms.
A weekend spent with friends in Seattle was a bonus before presenting at Ben Franklin Elementary in Kirkland.
This photo was taken from my old neighborhood on top of Queen Anne Hill.
I had a wonderful visit with the students of Ben Franklin Elementary in Kirkland WA. I was quite impressed with the diversity of students from all over the world who attend school at Ben Franklin! A big thank you must go to teacher Neal Manegold, plus my friends and Ben Franklin parent's Julie and Jon Hiene for sponsoring and organizing my visit!
I'm looking forward to the next time I can come visit the Pacific Northwest, it truly is a wonderful place.
Rohwer Elementary in Omaha Nebraska brought me back into their school for a second time. This was great, because the early levels who didn't have the chance to hear about the first world tour got to take that trip with me.
The students in the higher level grades were able to travel with me on my latest adventure.
