Lynhurst 7th/8th Grade Center (LHC) in the Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township held its 6th Annual International Festival: It’s a Small World After All on Wednesday, May 16 from 4:30-8:00 p.m. The cost was $3.00 per family and there were many activities to enjoy for admission cost, but some activities cost an additional fee. …
Author: Educator Barnes
Don’t Forget How Important Mothers are in Education
Mothers play a critical role in a child’s education. This is not to discount the role of fathers, but many households are led by a single parent who is female and if it is a two-parent home, when it comes to school, the mother many times does the heavy lifting. I was raised in…
Broad Ripple Rockets Forever
Front row – BR student Chris Bishop, BR alumna and English teacher Nikia Garland, community member Shawnta Barnes, BR student Jashell McClenton, BR student Sterling Smith. Back Row – community member Kate Shoup, former BR English teacher Herb Budden. On Thursday, May 10, 2018, from 3-8 p.m. Broad Ripple Magnet High School held its, “We…
National Charter School Week: IMSA
According to the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, “There are 50 million public school students in the United States and charter schools serve nearly 3.2 million of those students in 43 states and D.C.” Indiana is home to a variety of charter schools and during the second and third year of my career in…
Mrs. Dingman, Thank You for Helping Me Find My Confidence
Shawnta S. Barnes, senior choir picture Today, Tuesday, May 8, 2018, is National Teacher Day which takes place during Teacher Appreciation Week. This year, I would like to share why I appreciate my high school choir teacher Laura Dingman. Typically when you read a story about a beloved choir teacher, it comes from a person…
If Your Child Doesn’t Like to Read, Try Comic Books
The first Saturday of May is Free Comic Book Day. Today, my family made our way downtown to Monument Circle to visit Downtown Comics. Our entire family left the store with new reading material. Unfortunately, some people discourage children from reading comic books. Free Comic Book Day is an opportunity to expose people to the…
El día de los niños/El día de los libros
Pat Mora, author and poet, is the founder of El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children’s Day/Book Day) typically called Día. In 1996, Mora shared the purpose of creating this day: In 1996, I learned about the Mexican tradition of celebrating April 30th as El día del niño, the day of the…
New Law Kicks Some Indiana Kindergarteners to the Curb
Unfortunately, every four-year-old student currently in preschool won’t be able to attend kindergarten in the fall like their parents had planned. House Enrolled Act 1001, signed into law by Governor Holcomb on March 19, requires that only students who are five on or before August 1 be counted in the school’s average daily membership (ADM)….
Why I Write: Shawnta S. Barnes
On April 26, 2016, I had my first op-ed “Why I do this work” published by the Indianapolis Recorder. Prior to this, the only other work I had published was a poem in a college newsletter and gardening blog posts I wrote on my gardening website to share with my family. I can’t…
National Library Week
Observed the second week of April and sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA), this year, April 8-14 is National Library Week, marking the 60th year of this initiative. This year’s theme is “Libraries Lead.” American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Misty Copeland is the honorary chair; she is the first black woman to ever serve…