Today, I want to celebrate some of the amazing students we have that attend schools here in Berkshire County. We are all too often inundated with the negative stories, which I will say are important to hear, but it is just as important to celebrate the accomplishments of our young people. We strive to promote hope as we work through our challenges. On Wednesday,Continue reading “Dignity: Our Greatest Asset and Future Successes”
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Dignity: Through Words and Actions
Things have changed so much from when I was a child growing up in the late sixties into the seventies. Bullying meant something different back then. The bigger kids would take the smaller kids for lunch money or make fun of someone in class because they were short, tall, or overweight. I remember when IContinue reading “Dignity: Through Words and Actions”
Dignity: Unified Sports, Where Dignity Lives
I have been writing this dignity blog since July 2020. I started posting my thoughts online in June of 2021. I never knew I would have so much to write about. The stories I share and the thoughts I type on this blog are the stories of a man who spent much of his life living in silence. I cannot believe how manyContinue reading “Dignity: Unified Sports, Where Dignity Lives”
Dignity: Happy Birthday to Me
Tomorrow (May 2) I will celebrate sixty-two years on this earth. When my birthday falls on a Saturday it has special meaning because I was born on a Saturday back in 1964. When I tell people how old I am, I usually get two responses. The first is “Really, I thought you were in your forties.” or “You’reContinue reading “Dignity: Happy Birthday to Me “
Dignity: The Power of Holding on to Your Values
Most businesses and organizations have a mission and a vision. They are what drive the strategy and goals as the organization moves forward towards success and sustainability. If the mission and vision are the engine that drives strategy, what is it that helps an organization move forward? It is the values that powers that engine to move the organization to the goals andContinue reading “Dignity: The Power of Holding on to Your Values “
Dignity: Growing Older and Wiser with Dignity
I was reading a letter this morning that my son wrote to me last year on Senior Day. Each student writes a letter to their parents and shares it with them on the week before graduation. As I read his letter again, the sentence that stood out the most to me was the fact that he thanked meContinue reading “Dignity: Growing Older and Wiser with Dignity”
Dignity: Part 7: Scituate, My Senior Year
My senior year at Scituate High School was a great year for me. I was the assistant drum major for our marching band and after 3 years we finally placed in the top 3 in our last marching band competition. We came in second and Jeanie and I placed 2 among the drum majors. I made District in chorus and just missed All-StatesContinue reading “Dignity: Part 7: Scituate, My Senior Year “
Dignity: I found My voice Through Music: Scituate Part 6
I struggled most of my time in school. Read and writing were a challenge for me. Even more challenging for me was public speaking. Getting in front of my classmates and reading a Shakespeare poem or reading an essay I wrote brought out this fear in me that is hard to discribe. As I stood in front of the class andContinue reading “Dignity: I found My voice Through Music: Scituate Part 6 “
Dignity: Mrs. Howes Dignity Leader. Part 5
As part of the METCO Program, we had a METCO Coordinator. During my time at Scituate High School, we had Florence Howes or Mrs. Howes as she was known to us. The role of the METCO Coordinator was a combination of guidance counselor and adjustment counselor. Their role was to support METCO students as it was an adjustment for all ofContinue reading “Dignity: Mrs. Howes Dignity Leader. Part 5”
Dignity: Scituate Part Four: My Second Family
As part of our Scituate experience, we had a host family. These families would open their homes to us students from Boston in case we get stranded because of weather or if we have events and we needed to stay overnight. I was in chorus for four years and in marching band for three years, so I had eventsContinue reading “Dignity: Scituate Part Four: My Second Family “
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