February CW Connect

Our monthly newsletter at Central Woodlands: CW Connect is now available online!

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1st Birthday!

Today is a special day in our family!  It is my daughter’s first birthday.  It seems like yesterday that Renae and I were driving to the hospital for her birth. I do hear from a lot of our families about how time continues to go by quicker as our children get older.

As I reflected this morning about Aubrey’s first year of life, I kept coming back to the reoccurring theme of change in both her life and in the lives of students at Central Woodlands.

A Snow Blower and Student Achievement..An Interesting Connection

During the month of December, it seemed that everyday the forecast called for snow.  It seemed to keep snowing and snowing with no end in sight.  Having lived in Royal Oak for the past ten years, I was not prepared the lake effect snow in Grand Rapids.  I have begun to simply expect everyday to have at least some snow with it!  Luckily, I have a snow blower.  Unfortunately, my last maintenance with my snow blower was several years ago.  I have been able to make it run, but it has been pretty rough.

This snow blowing experience made me think about reading at CW...