Tag Archives: President Obama

Class Notes #9: President Obama, Songs, & Literary Salon

Posted on November 5, 2015 by lisakwinkler

Since the quarter ends next week, I decided each class would participate in a literary salon to share their writing with staff that may be free that period. Students selected their own work to read and then made invitations, cutting … Continue reading →

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Class Notes #7: What if President Obama invited you to….

Posted on October 23, 2015 by lisakwinkler

  The “Macbeth” bulletin is up, ready for an admissions open house and for a big donor tour next week. A couple 8th grade girls enjoyed designing it, and the chance to be out of class and given the responsibility.  … Continue reading →

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“We Were all Strangers…”

Posted on November 21, 2014 by lisakwinkler

On my way to my parents this week, I stopped at the assisted living facility outside New Haven where my father’s two sisters each have apartments. I don’t see my aunts as much as I used to and have wonderful … Continue reading →

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Graduates: Show Courage

Posted on May 20, 2013 by lisakwinkler

It’s graduation season and with that, commencement speeches. Two recent speeches have resonated with me so far this spring. President Obama, addressing the Atlanta, Georgia- based Morehouse College, a historically all-black male school founded after the Civil War, invoked Dr. … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Sandy & Election 2012: We’re in this together.”

Posted on November 7, 2012 by lisakwinkler

Melissa, my Monday yoga instructor, likes to start by surveying the class: she asks us to share our names and mention any injuries or requests.   This week, the second day the YMCA was open since Hurricane Sandy, she added: “tell … Continue reading →

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State of the Union: 2012 & 1979

Posted on January 25, 2012 by lisakwinkler

Sitting on my couch, my knitting in my lap, the television on, I waited for door of the House of Representatives to open and for the Sargeant of Arms to announce: “Mr. Speaker, the President of the United States.” As … Continue reading →

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