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APPtitude at the Madeleine

Check out the Apps we are using throughout the building. The full K-8 menu in the link below. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-bmRgLKgqjzZVRXenNEMWZNZ1U/view?usp=sharing

Reflections on Mothers Day

LaVerne Antoinette Willers - October 29, 1939 - April 17, 2015 ― Erma Bombeck once wrote: “When your mother asks, "Do you want a piece of advice?" it's a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway.”   My mom had another way of saying it… she’d usually start out with something like,  “Don’t get mad, but …” and then she’d tell us what she felt we needed hear. Speaking the truth. Now, maybe it was my mother’s truth —but, she loved us enough to tell us …even if she thought it may not be easy to hear.  My mom lived a life confronted by truth. And I think that is why she felt compelled to speak it.  When I was 14 I wanted to understand my parents. I wanted to know their truth. So, I found a book called “Passages” it was about mid-life crisis. I thought what better way to figure out what was ‘wrong’ with my parents.  That book truly influenced me because it challenged me to step out of my self and reflect on mom an