by KP | Jul 17, 2023 | Journalism
I own three blue RayGun t-shirts with the ‘Support New Voices’ tag on the back of each shirt. One reads, on the front, ‘America Needs Student Journalists.’ I bought this one for myself. The graphic on the front of both of the others says, ‘America Needs Journalism...
by KP | Jul 17, 2023 | Journalism
Read Part 1 Since we clicked send on the yearbook and I unplugged the string lights in my classroom, I’ve been following the updates on Pennsylvania’s New Voices legislation. It has taken a few stops and starts, but the phrase on the back of my blue t-shirts, ‘Support...
by KP | Jul 11, 2022 | Education, Journalism
After 27 months as a pandemic-era high school teacher, and 27 months COVID-free, I finally tested positive for the virus on the weekend before finals and two weeks before our final yearbook deadline. I’d done most things right over the last two years. Learned to teach...
by KP | Dec 28, 2020 | Education, Flex, Pandemic
In the shifts of this year, I wonder if my students are still having the sort of meaningful conversations with teachers and peers that are helping them to figure out who they are now, and who they want to be. At a local art supply store recently, after I raided the...
by KP | Dec 23, 2020 | Ceramics, Education, Pandemic
Recently, I’ve admitted to myself that most of the ceramic cups I’ve made over the years are too big. The ten-ounce setting on a Keurig only reaches halfway on mugs that line my parents’ cupboards. I always make some forgettable jokes about this when I visit. Not only...
