The true test of our teaching – the real measure of our time with our students – can be summed up in the words of Ann Landers when she said, "It is not what you do for your childre[...]

Ralph Waldo Emerson so poignantly stated that, "The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be." Peter Loel Boonshaft, Director of Education KHS Am[...]

"People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it." Let’s vow not to be interrupted, or to be the one interrupting! It is as easy to say, as it is hard[...]

Silent rehearsals may be one of the most remarkably effective rehearsal tools I know. Nothing I know works better to focus an ensemble than posting the order of what will be playe[...]

In the words of Maya Angelou, "I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." And that,[...]

I guess it’s all in how we look at things. The renowned philosopher Ziggy – you know, the cartoon critter – profoundly counseled, "You can complain because roses have thorns, or yo[...]