LEAven Blog

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The Role of Music in Education

October 1, 2024

Let’s face it: we’ve all had a song stuck in our heads before. Sometimes, it stays for days! Why not use the staying power of music to help us in…

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Get in the Boat

September 24, 2024

My last blog entry was a “part 1” of a multi-part series.  In that entry, I approached the subject by writing about an unexpected time when a student had my…

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Finding Reasons to Say Yes

September 17, 2024

“Teacher, may I go to the bathroom?” “Can we have an extra recess?” “Could this assignment be due Thursday instead of tomorrow?” Educators field all kinds of questions during the…

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The Anxious Generation: Implications for Technology Use in Schools

September 10, 2024

As a kid growing up before the invention of the personal computer, I can remember sitting on the floor in front of our family television set watching my favorite TV…

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Reigniting a Love for Reading

September 3, 2024

We live in a visually stimulating world – inundated by images from every direction – from our cell phones to streaming services, advertisements, and electronic apps. In addition, students –…

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Emphasizing Culture for Desired Outcomes

August 27, 2024

Photos like the one pictured above evoke emotions of a realization that God is working in this child’s life in remarkable ways. Nora has not quite fallen asleep during naptime…

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Cruising Worldview

August 20, 2024

I have been giving a lot of thought to my worldview these days. It isn’t something that one normally spends time processing on a cognitive level. It’s just there. My…

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Proverbs 3

August 13, 2024

Last spring, my husband, Matt, and I went to a Battlehawks game and parked in a parking garage in downtown St. Louis that was attached to a building undergoing renovation.…

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Embracing a New School Year: A Valuable Reflection

August 6, 2024

As the new school year begins, Lutheran school teachers celebrate their calling to a unique and meaningful ministry. Each classroom becomes a space where academic excellence merges with spiritual growth,…

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The Value of Lutheran Schools

July 30, 2024

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old, he will not depart from it. (Proverbs 22:6 ESV) Lutheran education has always been a…

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