It’s been my experience that as students get older they seem to feel a stigma when it’s time to come to reading intervention. They aren’t excited like the kindergartners and they don’t particularly want to come with me to work on something they know is challenging for them. This year, we had a handful of […]

A young man started attending our school in fifth grade.  When beginning Yuma Lutheran School, he knew limited English, was struggling with academics, and had a hard time fitting in with friends.  Due to his frustrations, he also had meltdowns in class.  His teachers also noticed that he had a hard time focusing in class. […]

Episode 43: featuring Dr. Tanya Calendo and Angie Schiller LSEM’s Dr. Tracie Salgado and Richard Schumacher are joined by Dr. Tanya Calendo, Principal at Christ Greenfield Lutheran School in Gilbert, AZ and Angie Schiller, Principal at Yuma Lutheran School in Yuma, AZ. In their conversation they talk about how each principal made their respective schools […]