Students Speak: Slowing Down
This essay was written by Hannah Goodwin, a senior at Bellaire Senior High School in Bellaire, Texas, and was selected as a finalist for the World Is A Classroom Essay Contest. Restless. Something about me is perpetually restless. As cruel as it sounds, I’ve learned...
Laura McMaster: Championing Student Travel
Since 2010, Laura McMaster has been travelling with students to destinations within North America and Europe, opening the world to more than 400 of her Miles MacDonell Collegiate (Winnipeg, MB) students. Since 2010, Laura McMaster has been travelling with students to...
Students Speak: Finding Home
As I arrive in Florence, Italy in the summer of 2022, I stare at the magnificent Arno River—my grandfather’s favorite place in his home country. I reminisce on the stories I have heard of my family’s memories and life in Florence. The rustic streets are filled with...
Joshua Sholler: Creating Life-Long Memories
For over a decade, Joshua Sholler has been teaching and leading the music program at Reading Community Schools. Sholler says he went on two student trips to Disney World with his band program while in high school, and it created life-long memories. “I knew that when I...