School must be starting soon. Ms Ghareeb is already hearing the sixth-grade voices: “ My Teacher doesn’t like me. That’s why she gave me a D.” “Middle school is TOO HARD. I can’t do it.” ” All the (books, teachers, kids, whatever) here are dumb. I liked my old school better.” Well, ladies and gentlemen, [...]
photo: Nathan Olsen Next to me in this picture is my Dad, Gordon Ghareeb, noted Maritime Historian and co-author of From Hollywood to Honolulu: The Story of the Los Angeles Steamship Company. We attended a wonderful lecture given by him and co-author Martin Cox detailing this fascinating chapter in nautical history (with all the juicy bits [...]
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The Extreme Read Challenge made the Long Beach Press Telegram’s ”Reader Page!” This article and picture was submitted by our PTA president, Jeri Lynn Cullison (who has also been a great supporter of this event for all three years). It reads: The Marshall Academy of Scholars Librarian, Ameelia Ghareeb is surrounded by participating students at the [...]
Student keeps a mini-library of banned books in her locker; with “due dates and everything.” The collection includes: The Perks of Being a Wallflower His Dark Materials trilogy Sabriel The Canterbury Tales Candide The Divine Comedy Paradise Lost The Godfather Mort Interview with the Vampire The Hunger Games The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy –among [...]
So I’m sitting next to a student Thursday after school, and we’re going over some math questions. STAR testing for Math begins Monday, and this kid is doing his best to be ready. What a trooper! Ms. Ghareeb is smiling at this situation. And the math isn’t easy, either. “One real estate agent charges 1.2% [...]
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Today is the last day of Spring Break. Come Monday, I’ll be back at school, bookfair driving me crazy, kids forgetting their books for the hundredth time, teachers demanding this and than and everything else. It’ll be like I never left. But this time of year always brings up waves of deep emotional inquest for [...]
We can moan and groan all we want in Long Beach about budget cuts, but at least we’re not in this school district: Superintendent Linda Paramore says to deal with this reality, the school board has sent every employee a pink slip. From NPR: In Pontiac, Mich., Schools, Everyone Gets A Pink Slip.
President Obama landed at the Long Beach Airport Wednesday afternoon, and a few of our students made a special trip out to welcome him to our city. See the big yellow banner in the middle. . .that’s us. Mr. Algie (History) and I watched from the Library as Marine One (there were five copters [...]
What a wonderful event! Yesterday our middle school held its second annual Career Day, giving all 1100 stuents a remarkable learning opportunity. This year’s event was even a bigger sucess that last year! I must stop here and loudly thank my guest and airline pilot, Captain Eric Snyder, for attending. Not only did he [...]
I did not believe it would ever happen. Our Book Truck Guy strolls in: “I’ve got some books for you.” Ms. G looks at his empty hands for a moment, puzzled. She’s thinking, “So. . .where are they? I don’t see any books? Why would you tell me you have books when you don’t have [...]
