Pearblossom Education

"Growth is often a painful process."- Elbert Hubbard  Famous writers have quoted growth, and how it is never easy... "Have a growth mindset." We hear it in our classrooms, we hear it at staff meetings, we hear it when times are hard. The past few years have proven that students, as well as teachers, are resilient. Resiliency has become a common word, one which can be applied not only to academic lives, but to personal lives as well.  Some students prefer attending school over being at home. This is because they have a community of peers and adults willing to help them cope. Remote Learning was not the greatest experience for many of our youth students.  For the last couple of years, students have struggled with social coping mechanisms. Teachers around the globe realized this and went to work on what we could do to improve the lives of our young students. We had to pull out our coping tools not only for ourselves, but for our students as well.  Youth emotions are ri...

A lot happens in a year. Especially when that year involves not only a heated political election, but also a deadly pandemic. So, with the world in chaos, how are our students fairing?  As a Parent: I had always wondered how I would do as a homeschool teacher...I had my chance. My child ended 2nd grade with a twist, and started her adventure into third-grade via Zoom. The digital format of communicating through video for school was new. With multiple login sessions, being present with stable connection on our district-assigned Chromebook was a constant chore. Nonetheless, assignments got completed albeit with some tears along the way. When school buildings reopened, my child was as excited to play on monkey bars and eat lunch with her friends. Our district re-openings came with many regulations to abide by, at which the cost of these freedoms was definitely worth the smiles. The challenge of homeschooling is one that I have much more respect for. It has forever changed the world of...