This morning I ran almost seven miles in Sand Run Metropark. It was beautiful, hilly, and fast.
This morning I saw eight deer.
I'm not going to write about those experiences.
This morning I joined some of my students to participate in the Medina Walk out of the Darkness Suicide Awareness Event. A large crowd showed up at 9 am on a chilly but sunny morning to walk 4.5 miles. That crowd raised over nine thousand dollars.
Most of you know I am an English teacher at Medina High School. This year I am teaching a Blended Learning Rhetoric and Composition class. Blended Learning is a combination, or "blend," of face-to-face classroom instruction and online instruction. Part of the philosophy that I embrace about Blended Learning is that it facilitates community involvement. I want my students to strive to be good citizens of their school, their community, their state, their country, and their world. If you'd like more information about Blended Learning, check out my shared blog on the Blended Learning Journey in our school.
I'm getting to our walk in the sun in a minute. If you can hang on, I'd like to show you part of our community project: a video to promote suicide awareness. Click here to see our video and get the rest of the post.
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