Author Archives: Harry Brake

About Harry Brake

Employee of Woodbridge High School, Library Media Specialist, Media crazy! :)

International Women’s Day – A Precedent Setter

International Women’s Day 2023 campaign theme: #EmbraceEquity As you know, or may not know, March is Women’s History Month and today is International Women’s Day – and this fact alone, could be set aside like so many other holidays, where … Continue reading

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Bird Breath

February 17th kicked off the Great Backyard Bird Count that occurs all over the world. Usually, I try to squeeze in as much as I could to fit this time to catch a few flying friends around usually a hectic … Continue reading

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Creativity. Freedom. Discovery.  Repeat. Festival of Words 2022.

Remember that bad start to the day of Festival of Words? It gets better. Much. Creativity. Freedom. Discovery.  Repeat. Such was the mantra you would see occurring at the December 3rd Festival of Words held at St. Georges Technical High … Continue reading

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A Place at the Nayarit – Unknown Expectations- Opening Plenary: Natalia Molina

Conference planning. I am the type of person, that when I make a schedule of what to see maybe WAY more than I can possibly fit in a timeslot, I feel more comfortable just having a list in the waiting, … Continue reading

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Sweet Green Sweet Utopia.

I digress. The night I made my way back to my amazing hotel at the Biltmore, a day of flights that seems to had taken me what seems worlds away, to an amazing tour of gardens that contained worlds that … Continue reading

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Day 1, Delaware Humanities, Who will you discover? What will you bring BACK?

Welcome to New Conference Attendees 11/10/22, 8:15 PM – 11/10/22, 8:45 PM It seemed at first like a large room, full of wat you might expect, newbies and more awaiting to see and hear what this Humanities Conference and experience … Continue reading

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Delaware Humanities, Day 1 Upon Us

November 10, 2022 Preconference Workshop Museum on Main Street 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Looking back on the off the flight, to the Huntington Gardens as depicted in this post – harrybrake.com/2022/11/19/classrooms-exist-around-us/ It was a LONG Day traveling from the … Continue reading

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Your record setting history

Since 2011, the blogging has been an amazing experience to keep me grounded, thanks to all of you. In 2022, the second highest number of readers ever were logged of 6271 views. A total of 651,567 views have been logged … Continue reading

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WHS Alumni Speaker Series, #1!

We did a thing. With the brainstorming of Woodbridge School District Board member, Elaine Gallant, and thanks to local business owners that are Woodbridge alumni, AND the rising educator students at WHS, we have started the spotlight on alumni business … Continue reading

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Master Planning Librarianship in Delaware

Being given the following mission: “AASL Chapters are asked to connect with their Superintendent/Commissioner of Education, Principal Association, State Librarian, or Teacher of the Year to discuss the role of school librarians.” – I felt it necessary to do ore than … Continue reading

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