April.
It is National Poetry Month.
It is when Jackie Robinson is honored for breaking through the greatest human barrier of diversity and integrating the national pastime of baseball on Jackie Robinson Day.
It is when one of the most inhumane acts committed in the 20th century is recognized as Holocaust Remembrance Day is honored.
It is the marker in time where education takes its final points of pivot before setting off toward the accomplishment of Graduation.
The final break of Spring is over. It is time to sprint toward the end of school. Less than 3 months remain in the school year. Less than 12 weeks of school left. Less and less time remains left in which progress can be made and assessed; but time, nonetheless, remains. Educators can still advocate for struggling students. Students can still request help from teachers. Teachers can still guide students and collaborate with educators.
April should serve as the month in which students, teachers, parents, educators, and advocates come together for that one last pitch in support of education for future generations.
Manuel R. CortezRodas - Educator
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The days continue to grow longer as the seasons transition from the last days of Winter to the first days of Spring.
March has sprung up into our calendars and it is time for students and educators alike to put a spring into their step as we approach the last few months of the school year.
It has already been a busy month as an hour was lost during the spring forward to daylight savings time.
Across the country students organized a student walkout to show support for those students lost in the Florida tragedy.
Women's History Month serves to remind us of the significant contributions women have made in a variety of professional fields, society and human endeavor.
The festivities of St. Patrick's Day, with its green shamrocks, take place as we partake in the celebrations from the Emerald Isle.
Baseball diamonds, from little league to the pros, roll out their green grass fields as we root for our favorite teams.
Madness takes over as brackets are filled and Cinderella stories develop in college basketball.
All this and more goes on in March as education continues its forward progress towards the end of school, the promotion of students into the next grade level, and the class of 2018 prepares to don their caps and gowns and receive their diplomas, certificates and degrees.
As we welcome Spring, and await the arrival of the last school breather known as Spring Break, we take time to do some last course corrections and fix our headings before unfurling our sails towards the sunset of the 2017-18 school year.
Manuel R. CortezRodas - Educator
Copyright 2018. MRCR Educational Consulting Firm. All Rights Reserved.
