Fulton House – Brentwood

 

 

Fulton house by Polygon is coming soon to the ever popular Brentwood Neighbourhood of Burnaby. Fulton House will be a 41 storey concrete high rise consisting of 303 1 and 2 bedrooms condos.

Fulton House 1 & 2 bedrooms homes will feature an intelligent kitchen design with islands, side by side washer/dryers with extra storage, the building will also inlcude a Fitness facility, yoga room, swimming pool with a hot tub, and outdoor green terrace.

Located on the corner of Madison & Dawson, Fulton house is short stroll away from Whole Foods, Brentwood Mall, two sky train stations, as well as a quick drive to Hwy 1 and Lougheed highway.

Fulton house will being VIP sales in Mid September, register with us today to be kept up to date.

 

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Fruity Pebbles Whoopie Pies

Fruity Pebbles Whoopie Pies are a playful and fruity spin on a classic dessert. Marshmallow buttercream and Fruity Pebbles “sprinkles” make them irresistible.

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If you’re a regular reader, you know that my husband is pretty much the pickiest eater that I’ve ever encountered. He’s not super keen on sweets (crazy, right?) and most vegetables are a no-go.

However, there is one thing that he eats every single day, and that thing is cereal. Even if we’re staying at a hotel, he heads to the nearest store to pick up a box of Cocoa Pebbles and a half gallon of milk. He’s that serious about his nightly cereal ritual.

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7 Steps to Be a Better Advocate for Your Students

Recently I participated in an outstanding Twitter chat (#satchat) about advocating for students. It's such an important topic. Almost every teacher is successful with the top tier students. The top students seem to learn almost in spite of the teacher—good, bad, or indifferent. But to reach students who have significant struggles, at school or home or both, requires a teacher who is willing to be an advocate.

Educators have the opportunity to influence and support students who need a helping hand. We can lend them our strength for a time and help them find the strength within themselves to carry forward.

This excerpt from Katy Ridnouer's book Everyday Engagement summarizes what it means to be an advocate as an educator:

An advocate is a person who supports or promotes the interests of another, and that is what a teacher is doing when he or she works to engage students and their parents as partners in a positive, learning-focused classroom community. An advocate is also one who promotes a cause, and I believe every teacher must be an advocate for student and parent engagement in learning, and for learning in general. They must promote it actively; they must embed these efforts into their classroom practice on an everyday basis. 

So based on these thoughts and reflection from the recent Twitter chat, I am suggesting 7 steps to be a better advocate for students.

1. Be Present

Every student needs to know you will be there for them and move closer to their messy situations and not push them away. Students need our unconditional love.

2. Ask

Get to know your students. Connect with them. Know them well enough to see when something's not right. Make the person in front of you feel more important than the content you teach. Ask how things are going and how you can help.

3. Listen

Take the time to really listen. You don't need all the answers. And you don't need a degree in school counseling to hear what your students are saying.

4. Understand

Listen to understand. Try to see things from the student's perspective. You can't be an effective advocate if you don't really try to feel what they're feeling and see it like they are seeing it. 

5. Speak Up

Be the voice for the one who is overlooked, underserved, or mistreated. Don't just look the other way. Say something.

6. Take Action

Words are powerful but actions speak louder. Do something to show your support. Reach out. Every action you take to help a child builds bridges to a better future.

7. Always Encourage

Some situations may feel hopeless. We can't fix every problem. But we can always provide encouragement. We can say something positive. We can show how much we care. The kind words of a teacher can restore hope to a kid who is feeling lost and all alone.

When we become wise and caring advocates for students, we are developing young people who someday will be able to better advocate for themselves.

Question: How are you advocating for your students? I want to hear from you. Share your ideas by leaving a comment below or respond on Twitter or Facebook. 

        

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Hottest Posts Everyone’s Reading This Summer

Where did summer go? I guess it's still hanging on just a bit longer. It's certainly hot out today in Missouri. The temps are in the mid-90's. But here is a look back at some of the popular posts from the blog over the past couple of months. As always, thanks for reading and responding to ideas I share. I really appreciate your support, and the way you push me to think deeper and give more. Thank you for leading and serving in your classroom and school! You are amazing!

Title	Views
Is It Time To Move Past Tech Integration June 8	7814
5 Challenges to Your Best School Year Ever August 9	7066
7 Ways Technology Can Transform Learning (Infographic) June 12	4707
7 Reasons to Use Social Media in Your School June 23	4331
7 Questions to Guide Decisions of School Leaders July 13	3957
15 Skills Your Students Need to be Future Ready July 8	3570
Does Your Professional Develop Honor Teachers as Learners August 2	3431
Does Your School Build Dreams or Crush Them? August 6	3094
7 Reasons for Teachers to be Enthusiastic About a New School Year July 27	3119
Why High Schools Are Getting Rid of Valedictorians (Response) June 16	2630

        

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If we know better, we have to do better. #IMMOOC

I was inspired by this post from Brady Venables, and especially this paragraph:

My biggest pet peeve is when I hear people speak of wanting to provide students the same education they received.  This is a crime.  Insisting that we change our education to fit today’s kids and world doesn’t mean that the educations we received were bad, it just means it was different.  In fact, the education of the 40 year old teachers may have been innovative then but insisting that we continue to teach this same way implies that we aren’t giving our kids innovative education now.

I like how she points out that education at the time we went to school, could have been innovative for that time! Not necessarily now.

Look at the new iPhone 7.  People are complaining that it is not forward thinking enough, and I get that. But compare it to when the first iPhone came out and some people were saying it was one of the best inventions of that year (2007).  To put that into perspective, it had no camera, no app store, amongst many other components that we now expect to be standard.  How quickly things change.

I heard this quote once and it has always stuck with me…

We expect innovation in every organization except for the one that we work in.

One thing I truly believe is that if we know better, we have to do better. In a world where information is abundant, the only reason we don’t know better is we choose not to look.

We need to expect more from ourselves as well as education.  We can create something so much better.

• September 8, 2016 The #InnovatorsMindset MOOC Starting Soon! #IMMOOC
• February 17, 2016 Starting From Scratch #InnovatorsMindset
• August 7, 2012 What Schools Can Learn From the World of Photography
• May 31, 2016 Finding and Unleashing Talent
• May 26, 2015 What Innovation Is and Isn’t

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If we know better, we have to do better. #IMMOOC

I was inspired by this post from Brady Venables, and especially this paragraph:

My biggest pet peeve is when I hear people speak of wanting to provide students the same education they received.  This is a crime.  Insisting that we change our education to fit today’s kids and world doesn’t mean that the educations we received were bad, it just means it was different.  In fact, the education of the 40 year old teachers may have been innovative then but insisting that we continue to teach this same way implies that we aren’t giving our kids innovative education now.

I like how she points out that education at the time we went to school, could have been innovative for that time! Not necessarily now.

Look at the new iPhone 7.  People are complaining that it is not forward thinking enough, and I get that. But compare it to when the first iPhone came out and some people were saying it was one of the best inventions of that year (2007).  To put that into perspective, it had no camera, no app store, amongst many other components that we now expect to be standard.  How quickly things change.

I heard this quote once and it has always stuck with me…

We expect innovation in every organization except for the one that we work in.

One thing I truly believe is that if we know better, we have to do better. In a world where information is abundant, the only reason we don’t know better is we choose not to look.

We need to expect more from ourselves as well as education.  We can create something so much better.

• September 8, 2016 The #InnovatorsMindset MOOC Starting Soon! #IMMOOC
• February 17, 2016 Starting From Scratch #InnovatorsMindset
• August 7, 2012 What Schools Can Learn From the World of Photography
• May 31, 2016 Finding and Unleashing Talent
• May 26, 2015 What Innovation Is and Isn’t

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The Bookshop On the Corner by Jenny Colgan

The dangers of spending time on the computer in the early morning, sipping coffee and knowing I don't have to be anywhere the whole day, can be dangerous.  It means I discover even more books that are promptly added to my TBR list.  Some of those books just can't wait their turn; and that was the case with The Bookshop on the Corner.  Jenny Colgan?  Sold!

This was a delightful, fun read that holds no surprises and promises a happy ending.  I have absolutely no problem with this. 

Nina is a librarian who finds out her branch of the library is going to be closing, and be replaced with a media center that has no room for books, but plenty of room for computers.  This is actually a horrible crisis happening across England, and as we all know, librarians and libraries in the U.S. have to fight constantly to remain part of their communities and obtain funding.  *Ahem*

I felt like Nina was a kindred spirit.  She lives in books.  She spends her time reading and gathering books.  So many books that her roommate has threatened to kick Nina out because her boxes of books are taking a toll on their flat.  Nina's talent is pairing people with the perfect book; her knowledge of books is vast, and she's a treasure that isn't appreciated in a world that believes people don't need books anymore--heck, even the library doesn't appreciate her!

Nina is at loose ends until she sees a van advertised for sale in Scotland.  Her dream of owning a bookshop morphs into a bookshop on wheels.  Traveling to the village of Kirrinfief to check out the van, she falls in love with Scotland.  She can, for the first time in a long time, take a deep breath, slow down, and appreciate the incredible beauty of the Scottish countryside.  It feels like home.  But it doesn't fit into her plan to return with the van to Birmingham and set up her bookshop on wheels.  Just as she's set to turn the key and drive the van back to England, she finds out her permit request in Birmingham has been denied.  Now she's got a van, and she's got boxes and boxes (and boxes!) of books, but no place to go.  

But life has a way of working out, and Nina finds a place to rent outside of Kirrinfief, and she begins a new life with her mobile bookshop.  Nina has come home, but of course it's just not that easy.  

Yes, there is romance aplenty!  Malek, the train engineer:  an immigrant with big soulful eyes and the soul of a poet; and Lennox, Nina's farmer landlord; a bit of a grump who seems to bring out the worst in Nina.  

Here's what I loved about this novel:  it celebrates the importance of books.  Nina, the people of Kirrinfief, Lennox, and Nina's friend Surinder all bring  this novel to life.  The Scottish countryside is a big part of the appeal of this book, and it makes you long for a quiet piece of nature and a break from the noise of the city.  All we need are books, the love of good people, and a peaceful place to live and we will be richer than we can possibly imagine.  

Rating:  8/10 for a book that gave me a welcome break from a busy month.  Pure pleasure with lovely characters, the spectacular Scottish countryside, and of course, books!

Available in paperback and e-book.  This book will be available in late September.

 

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