When we talk about excellence and opportunity for all, we are talking about getting past all kinds of stereotypes to see the possibilities in each and every student.
What’s your “Two Cents”? I’d love to hear them! Please send to JodiCiampa.FOMTA@gmail.com.
Here are some simple ways that you can have guests come to your home for a nice summer meal and not spend all of your time as the cook.
A weekly blog that chronicles a writer's journey as she writes a career/ employment advice book for young adults and those new to the employment scene.
After attending several college commencement ceremonies the author finds inspiration in the words of two speakers who spoke from the heart.
Why are so many drivers ignoring stop signs in Maplewood?
Art and music come together at the Maplewood Library
Inches matter. Whether you are buying a new couch, paint for the wall behind it, or hanging a new chandelier it helps to have these numbers as a rule of thumb at your finger tips.
A writer's blog as she writes an employment/career advice book for young adults and returning vets.
The award-winning journalist is the guest on Monday at the Friends of Maplewood Library Annual Meeting.
Happy Mother’s Day to All of You Whom I Am Honored to Have By My Side.
Freedom to enjoy eating and permanent weight loss are more about the way you think than what you eat. Here's one mindset change to get you started.
Recent discussions here on Patch and around town about race, culture, and the achievement gap have raised some good questions, and pointed to a lot of stereotypes.
One Person's Point of View about Employment Matters.
Children and adults still live in tents in a temporary camp in Haiti nearly two years after the earthquake. I will be traveling to Haiti in 3 weeks to visit this camp and need your help.
The Fairy Tale is Over (Part I): We Can Survive the Seismic Shift in the Employment Landscape
Alexis Gubbay's husband, Judah, died at the age of 43 from breast cancer. She wants everyone to know that guys get it too!
Food shopping can be confusing and exhuasting with the various terms from seasonal, local organic, grass-fed. Here's a brief explanation to help you choose what you want.
Reflections on the life and career of the local celebrity and superstore, Target (formerly known as batting cages and a driving range).
Remembering 7th grade with my 7th grader.
The End of the Fairy Tale: One person's point of view about The New Employment Reality.
A discussion of the breakdown in civil debate immediately preceding the recent Board of Education election.
The Inspirational Dance Company has been invited to perform at the Rockette Alumnae Foundation Award Ceremony in New York City!
Andrew Lee says he is hopeful that Madhu Pai's election will broaden the current conversation on race in our Communities
We Need to Learn to Talk About Race
Jack Endewelt is the featured artist this month at Maplewood Library
You’d think after all this time, I’d learn!
I would like to apologize to Tia Swanson if my last piece seemed as if it crossed the line into the personal.
what excellence looks like --- the description of a marvelous bulletin board
I have long been a great advocate of the Superintendent--he is the right person for our district. Yet the best support a Board member can give is to help him succeed at his bold plans.
Ruth Lowenkron, a parent and advocate for students with special needs, discusses the differences between the two slates of candidates for this Tuesday's Board of Education election.
What makes these candidates stand out and deserve our full support against the political machine that now dominates the school board.
Why we think these candidates are the best individuals to hold the district accountable to the goals of high achievement for all students.
Please join me in voting for Higer, Payne-Parrish and Swanson for the Board of Education.
Mitt Romney's last minute tax extension. Obama's campaign team springs into action wanting to know what the GOP candidate has to hide.
Nearly 60% of our property taxes go to our schools. Your vote matters A LOT! Independent voices and concrete , fiscally responsible ideas to move our district forward are needed on the BOE.
The author addresses the issue of race, equity and excellence in our public schools in 1963 and 2012.
This has not been an easy or simple decision for us. But in the end, a Board election is ultimately a job interview: who has the right skills, the right ideas, for this moment in our district.
Tomorrow, residents of SO/MA will go to the polls to select 3 new members of the Board of Education. Your children’s education & your home values depend on your engagement – so please VOTE!
Why I'm voting for Higer, Payne-Parris and Swanson