Image by Steve Buissinne from Pixabay BY: RACHEL WUMKES Every year, the teachers and staff of the Clear Lake Community School District are welcomed back with a hint of flair and a splash of flashy pizzazz. Beginning with a catered breakfast fit for a King, they are then lavished with incredibly amazing gifts from local...
BY: RACHEL WUMKES There are not many activities less enjoyable in life than shopping for school supplies. I mean, its supposed to be fun and exciting and Moms everywhere should be rejoicing, right? Wrong. It’s awful. Typically stationed in small areas within the store filled with screaming, unruly children. Frazzled...
Photocredit: rollerlandskatecenter.com BY: RACHEL SMITH It’s here. You guys, I’ve been counting down the days for the past few weeks. Silently, patiently. Scrolling through the photos of Facebook friends and acquaintances as they post photos of their children holding backpacks, wearing new clothes, new shoes,...
BY: RACHEL SMITH As a kid, I used to love getting new school supplies. Opening a fresh box of never-used crayons gave me goosebumps. I’d spend hours lining up my notebooks, all color-coded for each subject before I organized them perfectly inside my new backpack with all the other supplies. It was an...
photo credit: Parents Magazine BY: RACHEL SMITH It’s almost impossible for me to think of back to school time without the song popping into my head from the Adam Sandler movie, Billy Madison. “Back to school, back to school, to prove to dad I’m not a fool.” Seriously, it pretty much runs through my mind on loop as we...
