by Leng Inque | Aug 1, 2016 | Blog
New Life. Where does it start? We are born so helpless, fragile, and delicate, yet we are brought into this world with expectations galore. I was fortunate to spend time with my day-old niece this past weekend; Amelia Grace Connolly. Wow! What a joy and bundle of...
by Leng Inque | May 24, 2016 | Blog
I know “Punitivism” is not a “real” word, but it sounds cool right? From the many definitions around, here is what it really entails from what I see in schools “inflicting or intended as punishment”. What’s the point? A...
by Leng Inque | Apr 18, 2016 | Blog
About a year ago, I wrote this post after a reflection from my visit with a student at the school I was a Principal at, Cordelia Hills Elementary, in Fairfield, CA. This is an update from my previous post: This past Thursday, June 1st, Jacob Valdez lost his battle...
by Leng Inque | Apr 3, 2016 | Blog
Words: When They Uplift and Inspire The following is the third installment in a series of blogposts written by two principals on opposite ends of the state of California (you can see the last two here:...
by Leng Inque | Mar 11, 2016 | Blog
A few weeks ago, Jeff and I did our first co-blog on our character education programs and how we noticed a need to focus on the power of words as well as actions. (http://tsschmidty.blogspot.com/2016/02/a-conversation-on-character.html and...
