Little Girl Beach Moment
No matter how many trips around the sun I make, the big girl in me knows there is no fun quite like that of a carefree little girl...
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Mary Jo Dyre
- Feb 12
The River of Life: Navigate It Well
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? " Mary Oliver The S. Belle list of top three to do's: Tell...
Mary Jo Dyre
- Feb 3
Please, No Agendas Piled on the Plates at this Table
Responses come in and questions are raised around the S. Belle conversation that started with a FB post on MLK Day. A book list of "must...
Mary Jo Dyre
- Jan 27
The Dam Broke
From The Hardest Deal of All: Introduction: September 12, 1966, began as a rainy Monday morning in Grenada, a town in central Mississippi...
Mary Jo Dyre
- Jan 24
The First Kiss from a January Daffodil
This pop of yellow ... still holding back from full opening ... showed itself yesterday on a cold, blustery, winter walk complete with...
Mary Jo Dyre
- Jan 20
Not Too Late to Speak Out
I was not prepared for the emotional dam that broke with the picture Nanette Laster shared on an early post the morning of Monday,...
Mary Jo Dyre
- Mar 3, 2022
School Maker Faire...it's back!
The Learning Center Charter School hosted its first School Maker Faire on March 10, 2016. This year's SMF is scheduled for March 10,...
Mary Jo Dyre
- Feb 24, 2022
The Mystery
I write She paints. The land and its history speak to both of us. Let yourself go deep into the detailed subtleties of brushstrokes...
Mary Jo Dyre
- Feb 22, 2022
Gathering dandelions in knee-high grass to crafting flower crowns in her own business...
Every time I find myself winding down the two-lane road between Brasstown and my childhood home, I am always taken back in time. As I...
Mary Jo Dyre
- Feb 17, 2022
"I've Believed"
Alice, having made the tumble that landed her in the fantastical kingdom of Wonderland, naturally had questions and concerns as to how...
Mary Jo Dyre
- Feb 10, 2022
Averages versus Individuals
This past summer I started working with a daring, visionary person from the nearby town of Andrews. NC. When I first extended the...
Mary Jo Dyre
- Feb 8, 2022
Imagination "Let Loosed"
No luck finding pictures from the first-ever Learning Center Sweetheart Ball, but we nailed the details. The soon-to-become annual event...
Mary Jo Dyre
- Feb 3, 2022
"Model" Captures our Mission
Lifting verbiage from Terada Mokei, a small paper craft company, "Replicas and models are often confused for one another. Replicas are...
Mary Jo Dyre
- Feb 1, 2022
As Requested: Another Hargett Story
Callie Hargett Archer, one of Ms. Karen's Montessori students at the Ogden School location, stirred these strong memories of this young...
Mary Jo Dyre
- Jan 27, 2022
Education Defined:"An Aid to Life"
OPEN EDUCATION, NEIGHBORHOOD LIVING, AND PUBLIC HEALTH drive the bold goals of the BLU SKY INITIATIVE. Each element deserves more...
Mary Jo Dyre
- Jan 25, 2022
Help, please, with a memory!
Every January, from the year 2001 through 2020, the school moved into the Sweetheart Ball preparation mode. All around "sweethearts"...
Mary Jo Dyre
- Jan 20, 2022
Coming Into Its Own
Bold and daring, based on Three Essential Elements: Open Education Neighborhood Living Public Health BLU SKY INITIATIVE: Dedicated to...
Mary Jo Dyre
- Jan 18, 2022
Lessons Learned from an Orange Ball
I created the art closet, arranged with paper, paints and brushes, all placed at the perfect height for my three year old to reach when...
Mary Jo Dyre
- Jan 11, 2022
Enroll a Student; Enroll a Family
Three Generations of the Hargett Family....Enroll a Family Learning Center history has taught me that many times the enrollment of a...
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