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Palin Power: VP Candidate Speech

Did you catch Governor Sarah Palin last night speak at the Republican National Convention? Well, here she is…
PART 1

PART 2

PART 3

PART 4

What did you think?

School Choice: Homeschool, Public or Private

This fall I’m excited to be homeschooling my two preschoolers. A few months ago I met with some homeschooling parents from my church and decided to dive in myself.
Several years ago I had considered homeschooling our oldest when we moved from Oklahoma, but shortly after we closed on our new house I discovered I was […]

Tot-Teaching Trailers Still Abound

Fluvanna County has had problems of over-crowding in the elementary and middle schools for several years now. The band-aid solutions have been to install trailers on the two campuses, but these were only meant to be temporary. Well, another school year has gone by and still no reasonable solution has been provided by the School […]

Movie Review: Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed

The movie, EXPELLED: No Intelligence Allowed was released last Friday and the critics have been vocal.
First let me say, a few weeks ago in my post entitled, Intelligent Design Under Attack, I wrote about this soon-to-be-released movie claiming:
“The premise is that it’s a documentary about how the idea of Intelligent Design (a.k.a. Creationism) is coming […]

Revealing the Truth: Border the Movie

“Border is a must see documentary about the serious and dangerous problems the nation is facing due to unsecured and porous borders. Using footage obtained over the course of a month on the southern border of the U.S. covering four states, Border reveals the cause and effects on the people on both sides of the […]

Intelligent Design Under Attack

There’s a new movie coming out next week on Friday, April 18th called “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed” starring Ben Stein. The premise is that it’s a documentary about how the idea of Intelligent Design (a.k.a. Creationism) is coming under attack in the academic arena.
Here’s a trailer of the movie…it’s pretty interesting and worth the time […]

Central Elementary Embraces IB Curriculum

The Fluvanna Education Foundation awarded a $220 - Professional Development Grant in 2006 to the Teachers Book Group at Central Elementary:
“Ms. Christa Clore, IB coordinator at Central Elementary, used this award to purchase 10 books for the study of alternative and creative approaches to curriculum presentation. The teachers involved in the study […]