Author Archives: Harry Brake

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About Harry Brake

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

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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For the sake of Librarianship

5:00 AM alarm, it doesn’t come easy, I know this. Many can confirm this 🙂 As I rose to ready for traveling to Festival of Words with Woodbridge students, I fell/stumbled into my routine- downstairs, rouse the dogs, put a … Continue reading

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Rest, Relaxation, Education

One of the best realizations anyone can realize is recognizing holidays for a time to take in all the values that matter, and have the time to do so without rush. As I listened to podcasts all month related to … Continue reading

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Classrooms Exist Around Us

Imagine Longwood Gardens , 1,100 acres, and visiting a garden that seems to to triple that, but is only 130 acres, This will give you an idea of the overwhelming immensity and beauty that is the Huntington. Stepping off the … Continue reading

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CrossRoads

Original sodafountain beverages, crabcakes, Scrapple fries, nostalgic, traditional farming tools, historical artifacts from the past, peach ice cream, why, we must be in Delaware! You would be 100% percent correct, sitting at the crossroad of Rural America and individuals from … Continue reading

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