Students Speak: Slowing Down

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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

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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

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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

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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...

Students Speak: Embracing Nature

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Inhaling a breath of fresh air and a tuft of sheep’s hair was all I needed to feel at home. Surrounded by ovine oddness — goats running amok, sheep searching for milk, dogs herding stubborn sheep searching for milk — I was instantly invested in the wildlife and...

My National Championship Travel Nightmare

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By Dan Baker, Heart of America Productions. It was my third year as the Director of Choirs at Northridge High School, and the plan was to finish our competition season with an out-of-state trip, the first in 25 years. Both my assistant director, Catherine, and I were...