Monthly Archives: August 2015

The Danger of a Single Story

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Rebecca Mantonya

Two years ago at an ELL professional development I heard this TED talk by Chimamanda Adichie and I found myself guilty of lumping people together by only knowing a “single story.”  This week as we welcomed back to school, I … Continue reading →

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Happy new school year and ELL changes

Posted on August 11, 2015 by Rebecca Mantonya

Welcome Back to school  2015-2016. Open Houses at both Brownell and Meadow Lane were successful last night!! This year the big change in ELL is that we are now using 10 Standards for reporting progress based on the Common Core … Continue reading →

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