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Jun 15

Another Close

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Class News, Ed News
June 15, 2013

Yesterday, Friday the 14th, was our last day of school. It was a half day of fun for us at the middle school. We did start the day by giving out awards to the top academic kids but those were the only awards (besides honor roll and attendance) that we gave out all year! After …

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Apr 02

A Plea for Education

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Ed News
April 2, 2012

As the Washington State Legislature continues to meet to decide the fate of our state many educators are writing emails and making phone calls urging legislators to make the best decisions for our kids. Maren Johnson, a high school Science teacher in my district, has been taking the lead in communicating with our legislature to …

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Jan 02

Learning About Cells

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Class News, Ed News, Science
January 2, 2012

This year my Science PLC is focusing on using learning progressions. We’ve worked for years on eliciting evidence so we moved on to a new focus, namely sharing learning expectations. [Disclaimer: I’ve read some bloggers who raise some great points about sharing learning expectations and using rubrics with our students so I’d like to note …