Dr. Garrett Prevo

I don’t like chores. I do them, but I must admit that I don’t always do them with a cheerful heart. One of the chores I don’t mind so badly, however, is yard work. Cutting the grass, edging the yard, and blowing off the driveway are tasks I kind of enjoy. Perhaps it stems back to my high school days mowing yards as a summer job. I also think part of it is that it is a task in which one can easily see progress and even observe a finished product in a short amount of time. Regardless of what it...

Last summer I was fortunate to spend a couple of days in our nation’s capital for a work trip. It was my first time experiencing DC, and I didn’t have much time. I wanted to make sure I saw as much as I could in the short amount of time I had. By the way, you better be prepared to do some walking if you are going to see all there is to see. I was fascinated by many of the monuments and the history they represent.   Monuments are built to help us remember something or someone from the past....

As I write this, I am completing summer school as a high school principal, and I am wrapping up my 20th year in public education. To be honest, I am ready for a little time off during the summer. I need to sleep, rest, and rejuvenate. I feel a little lethargic, and that fatigue is translating into complacency. I think that is a natural cycle for us in education—feeling a bit of a crash over the summer followed by a renewed passion and gearing up for another year ahead. I have been in this...