Kent Daniels now.

Hey, you don't look the same as you did back then either!

Time for a classroom meeting!

Well, it's been a few years since all of my former students (that would be you) have left the confines of good old Room 12 at Madrona School. The APP program isn't there anymore. Neither is the same building. Something new has taken its place. Still, I think it is high time to have another classroom meeting. The couches are gone, and so is the rug. The book projects and the trips are all a thing of the past, but I still have the jelly belly machine sitting here and the computer network has certainly advanced.

Of course, doing this blog is mostly for my benefit. I'm asking all of my former students to join back together and post so that I (and your former classmates from that era) can know what you're doing with your life. Tell everyone what you've been up to and what you think (about life, the world, everything). Also, do you still remember anything from the 4th or 5th grade, or is it just a big blur that has been replaced by more recent and more prominent events

If you have the email address for anyone that used to be in my class, please do me a favor and send the address of this blog along to the person so that he or she might add to the community too. I've also set up a wiki in the hopes that many of you will share your philosophy, your activism (along with resources) and your insight and wisdom with the rest of the group. Here's the address: http://room12meeting.wikispaces.com

As for me, I now teach in a computer lab at Highland Park School. I teach tech skills to 450 students and about 50 staff. It's very different from what I was doing with your classes. I enjoyed the community we had back then and the creativity that I got to use in my teaching. The best part about it was you. Your intelligence, energy, compassion and creativity made those years at Madrona the pinnacle of my teaching career. For that I thank you all. I hope to see you all here. With Love, Kent Daniels

Thanks to Diana Leslie, mom of Jason Murcko for suggesting a blog as a way to reconnect with my former students. Thanks to Amy Dunphy for pointing me in the right direction to get started.

Become a member

This is a team blog. Anyone can comment on the posts on this blog, but you have to be a former student of Room 12 at Madrona School in Seattle, WA to be a "Room 12 Meeting" blog team member and add new posts. If you were in Room 12 (or Room 4 before that and I (Kent Daniels) was your teacher, and if you'd like to be a member of this blog team, just send me your email address. I'm at tkentdaniels@hotmail.com. I'll add you as a member. Then I hope you will post, add your current picture(s), comment, etc. I believe you'll have to register at www.blogger.com first. It's free. I'm anxious to hear from you.