Mother Cabrini High School

did not like school and was so glad I had eight years of school left, and I was done forever; however, my mom and dad quit their jobs to live with my grandpa while my mom acquired her nursing degree. I was both excited to be moving, but I did not understand why anyone would take the time and money to do what I hated every day, so I asked my dad, and he said “this degree has a price, but when she finishes this degree we will be better off.” While there are similarities between high school…

out of high school, I applied to attend this school but unfortunately I was not accepted. When I found out, I was devastated and torn because, out of all the schools I applied to, this was my top choice. Even though, at the time I didn’t know exactly what I wanted to become in the future, I was certain it would be something in the science field, which was one of the top reasons among others why I was so infatuated with this University. To me, at the time it was either this school or no school. I…

Teaching students about positive traits and productive ways to deal with their problems promotes a safe, encouraging, constructive classroom, self-esteem, and better grades. I plan to teach Language Arts to middle-school aged students; anywhere from 6th to 9th grade. The middle-school years are an optimal time to urge good character as it is when kids are defining themselves. For the purpose of this paper, I will write as though I were teaching the 8th grade. In English, particularly, there are…

Mothers inspire children to achieve any goal placed on them; my mother is no exception. They are the foundation of the millions of children in the world, who look to find support in a being that we call, mom. Although the journey is not always perfect, I, like many other individuals, am forever grateful for the mother that raised me. When I was younger, I was bowlegged, my mother thought it was best to deal with the situation now, rather than live a difficult life full of ridicules and…

The school to prison pipeline is a nationwide epidemic that is affecting our students beginning in their primary years of education such as preschool through their post secondary education, or even post graduate level. The school to prison pipeline is only pushing students out of the education system and into the criminal justice system. Essentially this pipeline targets students whom are either minorities, disabled, or LGBTQ. Through zero-tolerance policies students are becoming targets to…

noticed many tour groups filled with high school juniors and seniors with their parents looking around campus to see if Marist is the school they are looking for. Scanning the crowds, I made eye contact with one particular mother, I smiled at her and she smiled back with a look of happiness, and excitement. She was on the long journey of finding the perfect school for her child. In that moment, I automatically thought back to the days as a jittery and excited high schooler diving head first into…

ask for. Although she was very kind, if I were to do something wrong, she would reprimand me more than anyone else. Unlike school, at home she explained in detail on what something is and why something is the way it is. Thanks to her help in my middle school years, my foundation for subjects like history and sciences were able to help me achieve high grades later in high school. Her strict rules taught me to be a better person, ranging from simple table rules to personal interactions. She was…

It was a quiet, peaceful night. Five family members were happily sleeping. A little girl, around three or four, had a very strange dream about a robot lizard. It involved her dog, her brother and baby sister, and of course, a mechanical lizard. The next morning, as soon as the little girl got up, she wrote down what she remembered of the dream, and titled the printer-paper booklet 'Rodot Lizard '. This would be her first of many small, sloppy stories. If you look back at that story, it seems…

In the book, “School Leadership that Works” by Marzano, Waters, and McNulty focus leadership behaviors that will improve student achievement. Based on their research, there are 21 behaviors that leaders need to pay close attention to. If improving student achievement is area of focus at a school, then the school leader needs to figure out which of the 21 behaviors are being implemented at the school and the behaviors that are not being addressed. Once the leader has being able to determine the…

Eckhart Tolle once said, “...the past gives you an identity and the future holds the promise of salvation, of fulfillment in whatever form.” This is a quote that really describes the life of Professor Charlotte McMath, an older woman with reddish - blonde hair and green eyes hidden behind a pair of round-framed glasses. Professor McMath is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Mississippi College (MC) in Clinton, MS and she’s also an advisor to many students who plan on…