Always a Mother 👧🏾👧🏾👧🏾 Lover of Life & Laughter 😂 The Arts, 🎵 💃🏽 🖼️ Travel ✈️
Atlanta, GA
Joined October 2022
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School officially starts tomorrow for the county I called home for the last 5 years. I’ve had parents calling and texting looking for me. I’ve had students find me. If I did nothing else I made an impact on their hearts. That’s a job well done for me. This school year, I rest.
As the 25 - 26 school year approaches…I’m in a “different” space. For the 1st time in a decade I’m not feeling the mix of anxiety, dread and excitement. It’s weird but I’m ok! Good Luck to all the Educators out there this year!!!
Today STES students participated in State Rep. Kim Schofield’s Pledge 🇺🇸 project. Our 📺 debut will be soon on WANF, Atlanta News First! @FultonCoSchools @NPorter17 @aplatimore
We started our IB Unit w/an activity where scholars had to figure out our Central Idea. They received the central idea cut into pieces and had to form a statement that made sense and connected to the word “adaptation”. They came up with some good ones. This was fun 😊
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Legacy of Excellence Awards 2024: Congratulations to TOTY Ms. Hightower, and POTY Mr. Grimsley. Today we celebrate you! @nporter17 @aplatimore
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From @borywrites: Many Black educators agree that too often today’s best-selling novels offer a limited, even cramped, perspective.
Here are some alternatives to consider, recommended by English and literacy teacher @heymrsbond, librarian @Boss_Librarian, and others:
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ALT 10 Books With Black Protagonists That Don’t Center Black Pain: There are more YA novels featuring Black protagonists than ever before, but not enough of them express the everyday joys, passions, and triumphs of the Black experience. Here are 10 books that can restore balance to your library. By Andrew Boryga.
Looking for mentorship as an adult is soo weird. As an Educator who do you look to for guidance? And how do you find them?
I’m not waking up at 4 anymore because I’ve shut the alarm off. However waking up at 5:30 NATURALLY during Summer Break is CRAZY. My body won’t let me sleep until 10 for NOTHING! 🤦🏾♀️
A good genuine friend told me “Getting into positions of power don’t change who you are… they REVEAL who you are”
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It was so cool to gather together as a school to view the solar eclipse! 🌙 Students will remember this for many years to come! @NPorter17 @aplatimore @MsJHigh #SolarEclipse2024
Still in shock!! Thank you all soo much.
Congratulations to our Teacher of the Year- Ms. Hightower, Rookie of the Year- Mr. Grimsley, and Support Person of the Year- Mr. Gumes! We are proud to have you represent @StonewallTell ! @NPorter17 @aplatimore @MsJHigh @MrGTutor @westlakelions @amybytheton @Miss_GeeWiz
