I’m heading out tomorrow on a journey, and I thought I would take you along with me. We’re going down to El Paso, Courtney’s birthplace and where she and I grew up. We’ll meet her friends and family, many of the people who made Courtney who she was and helped support the creation of...
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Isn’t that always an interesting question? You never really know right? I guess it’s more about where you would like to be in one year versus where you will be. Lately we’ve been talking about the birth of Court’s Kids and how this all started. If someone had asked me that question a year...
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We’ve talked a lot about how fun summer reading can be. But, it is also really important for students to have consistent reading challenges over the summer as a combatant to losing three months of reading practice and skills. Now as many schools are closing up for the summer I thought it would be...
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Patience. What a funny word. Raise your hand if you’ve had a situation where you’ve had to enable your patience or someone has asked you to be patient today. For those of us who are “doers” it’s almost impossible to be patient, right? Colin is learning a little sign language lately, he can tell...
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For Earth Day 2010, Cesar Chavez received a new schoolyard garden through an Earth Day Network grant worth $10,000. As a result of AFF and Cesar Chavez’s long-term partnership, I knew that they wanted a school garden. When this Earth Day Network opportunity arose, I jumped on it and recommended Cesar Chavez. We were...
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Recently we talked about our partnership with the Shadow Project and our plan for an end of the year incentive program for kids who need a little extra push to finish the year strong. Today I heard from our contact at the Shadow Project, they anticipate delivering 500 Court’s Kids books this week to...
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Last week I wrote about summer reading, as we come closer to the first anniversary of Courtney’s passing we’ve been sharing a little more about what this foundation and our work all means to us. To carry on Courtney’s dream of helping children with special needs is helping us (her family) stay close to...
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Court’s Kids will periodically provide some background information on special education policy from the federal level down to individual school programs. Despite more cheery news about the economy, the situation remains very dire for states and school districts around the country. The hard days are far from over. Recently, Detroit Public Schools announced that...
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At this year’s Maryland Youth Summit, Hard Bargain Farm Environmental Center was officially recognized as a Maryland Green Center. This recognizes that we model best environmental practices within our center as well as support Maryland schools in becoming Green Schools. We helped get a group of students from Gale-Bailey Elementary School and Cesar Chavez...
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It’s that time of year, school is almost out, graduation parties are being planned and held, Father’s Day is approaching and everyone should (in theory) have a little more time for summer reading. Last summer I was chewing through the “Twilight” series. Courtney had begged me to give them a shot. Always a fan...
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