Del Oro High School’s class of 2015 graduated on Saturday morning at 8am. The morning was beautiful and the ceremony was close to perfect. Speeches were delivered, hands were shaken, diplomas were handed over, and there were smiles on nearly every face. My student media team had to deal with lots of moving parts inContinue reading “The Graduation Experience”
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Things I learned at local high school film festival
Sunday was the 2nd annual Northern California Media Educators (NCME) Media and Film Showcase. It’s an opportunity for media, film, and broadcasting students from the region to submit some of their best work to be judged by industry professionals. Five of my students and I made our way to San Juan High School for theContinue reading “Things I learned at local high school film festival”
Born
A sermon at Emmaus in the middle of a series on the Apostles’ Creed called “Creed: What Christians Believe and Why it Matters.” So Jesus is human. The Bible makes this clear and the church has always taught this. But the bigger question is this: Why? Why did God do it? Why did God becomeContinue reading “Born”
Conceive
A sermon at Emmaus in the middle of a series on the Apostles’ Creed called “Creed: What Christians Believe and Why it Matters.” There’s a church in New Jersey called Nassau Church. It sits on the edge of a college campus along this busy downtown street. You walk from the street outside, up the wideContinue reading “Conceive”
I searched for the cure for polio
Earlier this week I was talking with a friend and fellow high school teacher about the first day of the term that was quickly approaching. He told me that he never goes over the syllabus or the class procedures on the first day. “It can be kind of boring to talk through all of thatContinue reading “I searched for the cure for polio”
I beat him again – but not really
Yesterday was my 10th year in a row running the California International Marathon. It runs from Folsom through 6 different cities on its way to the steps of the Capitol Building in Sacramento. In previous years, there’s been major rain or freezing winds, but yesterday’s weather was perfect – high 40s at the start andContinue reading “I beat him again – but not really”
I can only hold 5 acorns
Bracken and Carson were practicing soccer, Cormick was climbing around on the playground, and Anders was contemplating life, limitations and priorities under the oak trees. I stood and watched our 18 month old gathering acorns for about 30 minutes. His process was simple at first. He crouched down and used both of his little handsContinue reading “I can only hold 5 acorns”
The Greatest Week Video Contest
It’s Homecoming week at Del Oro, and it’s huge. Every day has a different dress up theme (doctors vs. patients, blast from the past, alarm didn’t go off, etc.) and students and teachers go all out with their costumes. Every night this week students are at school until about 10pm building floats for the paradeContinue reading “The Greatest Week Video Contest”
Cardboard Carnival
My kids’ preschool it at it again. Last year’s event was a huge success so they are doing another Cardboard Carnival in downtown Loomis. Kids/Families are making carnival style games out of cardboard and other things they find around the house. My kids and my niece got pretty into it. Take a look.
Those creepy little pictures
I got my school pictures a few weeks ago. I’m never sure what to do with these. You’ve got the massive 8×10 that your grandma used to hang on her wall – this was cute when I was 10 but probably a little weird now that I’m 37. You’ve got the two 5x7s that mayContinue reading “Those creepy little pictures”
Mr. Zerwas Teaches Here 