"I LIKE THIS PAINTING BECAUSE IT HAS A BENCH" As I sit on my back deck writing this post, I am filled with anticipation of Spring Break next week. I look forward to 10 days filled with yard work, projects around the house, and working in my studio on a sculpture I started way too long ago to be still working on it. Either way, having the spaciousness of time to meander in thought and action is going to be amazing. I might spend the afternoon at the Baltimore Museum of Art, only looking at artwork that comes with benches. lol [...]

Starting July 8, 2019 rising first, second, third, and fourth graders are invited to expand mind and body at the City Neighbors Children Summer Program designed just for them. City Neighbors’ known focus on the development of the whole child and progressive approach to learning  will have children ages 6-10 active and engaged throughout our City Neighbors Hamilton campus’ air conditioned classrooms, creative play space, fields, track and garden.  2019 will be our fifth summer session. Summer session will include traditional general day camp activities and dynamic physical challenges such as: Reading & Writing Singing Bike Riding Drama Blueberry Picking [...]

  Voting YES or FOR to Question 1 will keep a promise made to voters that casino revenue would increase school funding instead of being used for other purposes. While casino revenues have been going into the Education Trust Fund—which can only be used for funding public education—nearly the same amount of existing funding has been shifted from education to other parts of the state budget. The result? The new revenue from casinos hasn’t added to existing funding; it has simply maintained the existing levels. Passing Question 1 will stop the budget gimmicks and ensure that casino revenues actually go to [...]

The Scott Brothers (from HGTV), Kohl's, and Heart of America have teamed up to provide an amazing opportunity. The first place school will win a library makeover (with an estimated value of $100,000)! The 30 runner-up schools will get a school supply crate and Harper Collins Books at an estimated value of $1,250.00. To have a chance to win, we need lots of nominations. The more nominations we have, the more we will be considered. Each person can nominate once a day until midnight on 10/31. Winners are announced in November. Last year we envisioned transforming our current library into [...]

When Ralphie turned in his masterpiece, “What I Want for Christmas” theme essay in the 1983 film, A Christmas Story, he envisioned his teacher, Miss Shields, clutching his essay to her chest and exclaiming: “Oh! The theme I’ve been waiting for all my life. Listen to this sentence: ‘A Red Ryder BB gun with a compass in the stock, and this thing which tells time.’ Poetry! Sheer poetry, Ralph! An A+!” He daydreamed of his classmates carrying him around on their shoulders, celebrating his enormous accomplishment. Ralphie was seeking, as all students do, validation for his personal vision, hard work, and desires [...]