Abby VanderWall

I have sung “O Holy Night” my entire life, but only this year did I learn that the man who wrote in 1855, “Chains shall he break, for the slave is our brother”… was an abolitionist. He understood this in-breaking Kingdom. No one would be above it, or below it.

people who say “why do we need [fine arts, humanities degrees, mid-budget films] when they don’t make a ton of money?” are insufferable. why do we need chrysanthemums? why do we need bonfires or baleen whales or the color blue? we just do. we just do.

In case you didn’t know.

The secret to getting kids reading is the same thing that worked in the nineties. Reading Rainbow. Free pizzas. Shakespeare rom-coms. A million Jane Austen adaptations. Movies where a guy gifts his beloved an enormous library. Dog who acts out the classics.

instead of “DEMURE” yall need to learn the difference between “to” & “too”, “where” & “were”, “women & woman”, “lose” & “loose”, “you’re” & “your”. them words be tearing yall up

saw someone say on the clock app that one of their non negotiables for a future partner was, "are you going to let me love something without ridicule?" and that is a WORD.

Life goals

Let me clear the air. I'm always down to go to the zoo with you. I will cancel plans just to go to the aquarium. The siren song of 6ft natural history museum haunts me. I'm thinking about botanical gardens as we speak.

It’s brilliant. Let’s take a NHL team in the Stanley Cup Finals and play them against a NFL team. That’s one way to boost HRR.

HISTORY MADE 👏

will never be ashamed of mispronouncing words bc my childhood librarian told me “if you mispronounce something, it’s probably because you learned how to read it in your head before you ever spoke it out loud” & what a beautiful mistake to make

Watching students turn what they read into art is 😍😍😍. Making collages based on #piecingmetogether by @reneewauthor #wearewayne #literatureintoart

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Did anyone else find the moment of totality to be unexpectedly emotional? Maybe it was the surreality of it, or the thousands I was surrounded by sharing a brief moment of collective joy and wonder, but it was a feeling I can’t describe, have never felt, and likely won’t again.

Did anybody see my bubbleheads?? 18000 of them. Actually, I got one ,missing 17,999. Let me know. Thank you.

Evgeni Malkin: "It’s tough (seeing Guentzel go), of course. Everybody likes him. He’s an amazing player, for sure. I want to just say good luck to him, you know? He’s a nice guy, great player, and I hope he scores many goals."

Spoke to Jake Guentzel’s family and teammate Sidney Crosby for this farewell piece to one of the best homegrown players in franchise history. Pittsburgh’s third-round draft pick became a Stanley Cup Champion and an NHL superstar, beloved within the organization and the city. 💛🖤

Shout out to my amazing sixth period who have been on fire as we started our argumentative essay. These scholars are hard at work finding evidence to support their claims. #learning #middleschool #wearewayne @CHCPrinc_Renaud @CHC_Mr_Johnson

Getting sick by your students should be considered a work-related injury.