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Masters In Coaching Episode LV: Athletic Director Kristine Palle
Kristine PalleCIF-Southern Section Tim Cates talks with CIF-SS Assistant Commissioner Kristine Palle. After being a standout swimmer and water polo player, Kristine returned to Mission…
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Ministry at the Border
Rev. Stephen Heimer, MA ’11 serves as the Pastor of Zion Lutheran Church in El Paso, Texas, leads worship weekly at Ysleta Mission in Ciudad…
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Hope in the Midst of Hopelessness
Recently I read an e-mail from a young man who is struggling to understand why God allows suffering. He is not alone. Countless people wonder…
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(Re)finding Joy in the Writing Process
Remember when writing was fun? What ever happened to those creative writing assignments, to writing stories and poems on construction paper with crayons? There was…
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Supporting Ukrainian and Other Refugee Students
The devastating images of the Russian invasion of Ukraine may appear distant as one watches the tragic scenes of war and hears the number of…
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3 Tips for Citing Credible Sources … Trust Me
The common neo-Aristotelean method of rhetorical criticism examines three aspects of rhetoric: Logos (appeal to logic), ethos (appeal to credibility), and pathos (appeal to emotion).…
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At-Risk Students: Success and Interventions
An at-risk student is a student who is at risk of not meeting academic or social expectations or of not graduating from high school. At-risk…
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Listen more, talk less.
There are so many lessons to learn as educational leaders, but the most important is always this…
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[Placeholder Title] – Change Later: The Importance of Placeholders in Essay Writing
The first words of an essay can be torture to write. With no clear idea as to the direction of the paper, a frustrated writer…
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Masters In Coaching Episode XLIV: Football Coach Jerry Campbell
From California to Texas to everywhere in between, he has coached football for nearly 50 years, and he’s written 47 books about the sport; he…