It’s the last day of school! I am so very sad to see first grade end. After the excitement of kindergarten last year, first grade—at least from this parent’s perspective—was a breeze.Leo could do his homework in the after-school program. His teacher emailed once a week about the assignments forRead More

Now that our Chinese New Year festivities are complete, we are gearing up for all the Irish-American fun we can muster.That will mean corned beef and cabbage, a viewing of The Quiet Man, and some homemade Irish soda bread. I’m not sure we’ll make it to Baltimore’s St. Patrick’s DayRead More

Summer is over.  There I said it.  Now that we’ve gotten past that, it’s time to embrace the fact that school is back in session or will be soon.As I revealed in my last post, even teachers are somewhat reluctant when the end of August rolls around.  But one ofRead More

Church leaders in Poland hope Pope Francis will visit the former Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz in 2016.Read More

      Our Christmas Break ended this morning as we returned to school here at John Carroll after 18 glorious days of rest and sacred celebration. Mercifully, Harford County called for a two-hour late weather opening which helped all the teenagers who have not seen 7 a.m. for three weeks... Today is actuallyRead More