Summer Break 2021

School is back in session!

It was a difficult year, but school is back in session!

This summer season, enjoy a well deserved break.

Continue to prepare for next school year, because...

School is back in session.

Manuel R. CortezRodas - Educator

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October 2016

"Pumpkin Patch" (Illustration by the author)

October is here and with it comes the changing of the color in the foliage.

Autumn marks its return as the leaves fall down from the branches of the tree to be carried in the wind.

Harvest season is upon us and serves as a reminder, that if we have not started to make preparations for the winter, there's not much time left.

October also brings changes to education for which we must prepare.

A look at the calendar, from now to the end of the year, reveals all the holidays and events that create breaks.

These breaks are good, and much needed, but they could turn bad if we do not take the time to properly schedule school projects, assignments, presentations, etc.

By planning a new schedule from now to the end of the year, educators can prepare their lessons and incorporate these series of breaks into learning experiences.

Educators should encourage students to pursuit further learning on their own, outside of the school and classroom setting.

And if you already have a plan, take the time to review it too, it is always better to be prepared and prudent.

Educators should also reach out and help other educators who may be struggling at the start of the year, or may have joined our schools after the school year started.



Manuel R. CortezRodas - Educator

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2015 Summer Education

It is now officially summer!!!

The school year is now in the past and we look forward toward the new year to come.

Many students have succeeded in completing a grade level in school and have been promoted to the next level of education.

Those who may have missed such chance can have the opportunity to complete what may be possible during summer school, while others may further their studies by attending many of the various programs that are available to them.

Parents should continue to encourage their children to continue pursuing education by allowing them to attend and participate in summer school, summer camp, mentoring and tutoring programs where they can explore other areas of knowledge and develop better learning skills.

Teachers and administrators should also take this time during summer to do a self-assessment of the many lessons plans, activities, and other educational needs that may have come up throughout this past school year.  Summer presents a great opportunity to recharge those energy cells where we draw our strength to educate the students who continue to walk into the classrooms of the schools in districts that are committed to the pursuit of higher education for all.

It must also be of great importance to make sure that all those who are directly involved in education: Students, Teachers, Administrators, and Parents, do also all they can to take a break from the continuous educational path in which we are all travelers throughout the summer break so we can return ready to continue as we begin the next school year.

Have a great Summer Break.



Manuel R. CortezRodas - Chief Educator/Founder

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Sparks Middle School, NV

To the people of Sparks, Nevada:

This is a day of remembrance.

In a school, a person was shot, others were injured.

And those directly connected to Sparks Middle School,

Will feel most of the shock.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Sparks, Nevada.

A las personas de Sparks, Nevada:

Este es un dia de reconocimiento.

en una escuela, se disparo a una persona, otros fueron heridos.

Y los mas directamente conectados a Sparks Middle School,

Sentiran la mayoria de el choque.

Nuestros pensamientos y oraciones estan con las personas de Sparks, Nevada

Author: Manuel R. CortezRodas - Educator

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Awake and Ready

As the month of September comes to an end,

We also close the first full month of the school year.

We have established an educational schedule that we are adhering to,

We are awake and ready to complete this school year.

As September comes to an end, this is where we should be.

We are awake and ready, and we demonstrate it in school.

By showing up on time to class, by raising our hands to engage.

By bringing our homework in hand, and handing it in to be graded.

By preparing our lessons and teaching our students.

We demonstrate we are awake and ready.

By being awake and ready for school we show our commitment

As students: Attending, Participating, Learning, Studying.

As educators: Preparing, Engaging, Welcoming, Educating.

As parents: Supporting, Nurturing, Encouraging, Parenting.

By being awake and ready until we complete this school year.

Author: Manuel R. CortezRodas (Educator)

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A New School Year Awakes

By now most of us have had at least a couple of weeks of school.

The new school year has gotten started, and for the most part everyone is starting to settle in.

First day jitters are gone, and we have caught up on what we did over the summer.

But there is one thing, a sound, that even as adults have a hard time getting used to.

That is, of course, the wake-up call.

Whether its from an alarm clock, our phones, or our parents coming into our bedrooms, the wake-up call eventually comes every morning of each school day.

It is our indication that we are to get ready for the day ahead, as we are now awake.

Though sometimes getting ready does require just a little more sleep, eventually we must comply and make it through our daily morning routine so we may be in school on time.

Waking up and getting ready are the first two activities we do each day before school, and they play an important part on the future of our day.

This is why it is important that each and every day, throughout the school year, we do what we can to make sure that these two daily activities help us start our day in a positive manner that can be carried out by us so our day is bright from start to finish, while uplifting and cheering up those who may need to lean on us for support.

Author: Manuel R. CortezRodas - Educator

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August 2013

Notes for August 2013

Written by: Manuel R. CortezRodas

This month of August brings us closer to the start of the school year.  August also reminds us that the season of summer will soon come to a close.  Students are enjoying the last bit of summer break before facing the soon arriving school year.  Parents are preparing and planning the back to school necessities of their children.  Administrators and faculties are gathering together once again, or for the first time, to make our schools available to our students.

Here at MRCR Education we are also preparing, planning, and gathering.  We are preparing for the start of our second school year blogging about education.  We are planning a variety of themes and topics that will drive and inspire our educational postings for this up coming school year of 2013-2014.  We are also gathering from diverse resources that help us further pursuit a betterment of education while serving education.  We look forward to your visits to our blog, as well as your thoughts and ideas that you wish to share.

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Winter Break

Year End Review

Author: Manuel R. CortezRodas

Approaching Winter Break

  As we approach the winter break in most of our schools, it is a good time to take a look back at what has been accomplished since the school year started back in August. We have gone from the first day of school, to thanksgiving day, to the soon up coming winter festivities.  We have had our students for three months during which we have tried our best to educate them.  There have been lesson plans and homework that has been handed out and turned in.  There have also been quizzes, tests, and assignments that have been graded using the designated rubric.  By now we should be able to know where our students stand, and where they are going to go if they stay the course.

Year End Evaluation

  A good evaluation for the end of the year must take into account that it is not the end of the school year, but rather the end to the year.  This has the advantage of taking place before the half way mark to the actual school year.  Each student began the year at a different starting point.  Part of our responsibility as educators is to get them going at the same level and pace as the classroom as a whole.  As we close the year, and look back on three months of education, we should take the time to do a proper evaluation.  This evaluation should be done at the student, classroom, and curriculum level.

Preparing for the New Year

  This is a time to look forward toward the new year.  A time to look ahead to what our students still have to learn.  As we approach this winter break, we must approach the beginning of the new year as a time to press on with our educational goals.  Our students depend on us to instruct them properly and help them to plan their educational paths.  By preparing for the new year we can demonstrate to our students that, although we must make adjustments along the path, the overall goal is still the same.  Our goal is to educate, and to provide the best education for our students that we can offer them.

 

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Ethnic: The Culture SubGroup

"Ethnic: The Culture Sub-Group"

Author: Manuel R. CortezRodas

 Is it a place? or beliefs? Is it the place where our beliefs originated from, or the place where our beliefs are taking place?  Defining ethnicity is complex, but it is worth defining, for it is an important part of us.  Of how we define ourselves, how we identify ourselves, and how we accept to be identified, or defined as.  Geographically we have defined areas like Africa, Asia, Europe, and The Americas, and politically we have defined countries like Kenya, China, Germany, and The United States of America, where there are ethnic groups, and cultural groups, who will adhere to a place, or beliefs, or a place where beliefs originated from.

In the State of California, in the United States of America, the major ethnic groups are: African-American, Asian, Latino/Hispanic, and White.  These are the major groups, and do not represent all ethnic groups in the state.  Each of these four major groups has been defined based on geographical, cultural, and ethnic characteristics that individuals in each group believe best identify them ethnically.  Once students have been identified by ethnic group, academic achievement can be measured, and differences in performance can be analyzed.  The overall purpose of using ethnicity as a tool for measuring academic performance should be to obtain equality in education, not to establish academic superiority.

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The Harvest Before Winter

"The Harvest Before Winter"

By: Manuel R. CortezRodas

If we think it

not as a month

but as a time,

then October should be

the time of harvest.

Harvest before winter time

is assessing summer growth,

and also summer decline.

Reviewing new instruction time,

and understanding academic requirements.

Store before winter time.

Year's end planning guide.

Spring's arrival planning guide.

School's end planning guide.

Analyze structure for weather.

Prepare before winter time.

Apply knowledge and experience.

Have practice drills regularly.

As students, as classmates.

Grow during winter hibernation.

October is about harvesting,

storing the summer's growth,

preparing for winter's arrival,

waiting for next spring,

looking toward next summer.

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