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Monthly Archives: October 2012

starting the year

I’ve been thinking about what I still need to do to prepare for my future students. I need to go through my ninth grade curriculum to make sure I’ve covered everything. I need to finish planning for speech class. I also need to review my plans for journalism. Another thing I need to do is…

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Madi’s Bedroom Update

Those of you who know me, know that Madi, my daughter, recently went on a mission trip to Kenya and Tanzania for 18 days. She went with a group through college. She had a fabulous time, wanted to bring all the kids back with her, and she wants to go back again soon! She moved…

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Monroeville, Alabama

I should start by saying that To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is my absolute favorite book of all time forever. I consider myself inexplicably lucky to teach this novel each year. A couple of summers ago some friends and I went on a vacation to Pensacola. I love a good beach, but I…

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my journey to take back my maiden name

Back in 2000 when I got divorced, my attorney asked me if I wanted to take back Fiore as my last name.  It didn’t take me long to say no because I did not want to create confusion for my 7 and 11 year old kids.  I’ve worked in the public schools and it is…

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a throwback to nineties speech class

Today I started to plan for speech class. I have taught speech before and it is definitely one of the highlights in my day. I vividly remember speech class in high school. I think I took the class when I was a sophomore. I looked a little something like this back in the 1990s. I…

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