Incredibly, our state governor refuses to protect the people he has sworn to serve and is willing to allow the spread of COVID-19 beyond our borders. Ron DeSantis endangers Florida and is making it the primary hot-spot for the virus in the United...
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During this most difficult time of the Coronavirus pandemic, I have been keeping myself busy by teaching my 5-year-old granddaughter about geography on my iPhone via FaceTime. She and her parents only live 15 miles away but, we haven’t been able...
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As my wife, Barbara, and I exited the Enzian Theater in Winter Park, Florida, we both breathed a deep sigh of nostalgia, peace and even hope. We had just viewed the Mr. Rogers movie, Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Growing up, our children loved...
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Marco Rubio fails children of asylum seekers every day that goes by since his June 22, 2018 speech. Although Florida’s junior Senator’s words that day were mostly logical and reasonable, near the end, he stepped off a cliff and plummeted into...
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Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School, Florida, #NeverAgain, gun control, AR-15, Pulse nightclub, Columbine High School And on the killing goes. Really? Will we never wake up as a nation and stop this madness. Will we allow the NRA to rule us...
Read moreAt-risk kids, life skills and reading. The St. Augustine Trilogy – aiming for at-risk young people, using the paranormal, the historical and science fiction: Book I Sliding Beneath the Surface Book II Stepping Off a...
Read moreThe St. Augustine Trilogy – a success story – mixing history with the paranormal and science fiction to hook young readers: Book I Sliding Beneath the Surface Book II Stepping Off a Clif Book III Targeting Orion’s Children As a...
Read moreMaking reading cool motivates high school students. What a delight it was to see that philosophy played out to the hilt at Pedro Menendez High in St. Augustine, Florida last week. My young adult book series, The St. Augustine Trilogy, takes place...
Read moreThe fan generated young adult book trailer for Sliding Beneath the Surface, when used in a high school reading classrooms, really generates a tremendous amount of student interest. When this was first done with 11th & 12th graders who had...
Read moreSubtitle: Reading motivation and skill building for secondary students who failed a state reading test, an author’s perspective. Recently, I spent the day in a high school reading classroom with a wonderful teacher and all of her 11th and...
Read moreKathy Snyder Subtitle: Reading motivation and skill building for secondary students who failed a state reading test, an author’s perspective. Recently, I spent the day in a high school reading classroom with a wonderful teacher and all of...
Read moreThe St. Augustine Trilogy – Young Adult series – paranormal & historical – reading classroom use. These books make the most out the location in the United States to place readers in the most interesting and vivid setting...
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