Be Hatched

  Good morning Kennedy Family. It is with joy that I address you, the 60th graduating class of John F. Kennedy High School. This week we have talked about and experienced the rich traditions of JFK, including our legacy families and alumni. Your many successes are now entwined with those lasting traditions and your class has been written into our history. Your time at Kennedy has also been marked by an extreme uptick in technology used at our school– in 6th grade, we became the first school in Trumbull County to be 1:1 devices, K-12 and the creation of our state of the art Think Lab. The following years brought on the addition of security cameras to assist Coach K with his ever-watchful eye over the building and new web-based resources like Google Classroom and edPuzzle became our everyday tools (here’s to you, Mr. Codispoti). This blending of tradition and technology reminds me of the label given to my generation, the Xennials. Many of the parents here were also born at this t...

Nerd Alert.  (This whole blog post, just be on alert for some science nerd commentary.) I have always made a special note of Earth Day, being a former science teacher (majored in Earth Science). I take great interest in the power of processes and the changes that happen on the surface of the earth and deep within. Plate tectonics, ocean currents, cold fronts, and the rock cycle-- all miracles of how the earth formed and how it looks now and how it continues to be an oasis in the vastness of the universe for human life. (Yes, it is very hard to get 8th graders to get exited about the miracle that is the rock cycle). San Andreas Fault in California One of my favorite books is " A Short History of Nearly Everything ," a non-fiction account of tons of sciency topics written with a healthy dose of humor. A quote that I think about every once in awhile: “Consider the fact that ... every one of your forebears on both sides has been attractive enough to find a mate, healthy enough to...