Sara ❤️
@arasbeth27.bsky.social
4th grade teacher in the PNW, childless cat lady, sometimes knitter, food fan, reader, always learning, nap advocate
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Sara ❤️
@arasbeth27.bsky.social
· Aug 8
It's almost time for a new year. If you would like to help buy books for my students (fabulous fourth graders), you can use this link. Thank you! You'll also be supporting my favorite books store @spokeandwordbooks.bsky.social #BookSky #EduSky
School Year 2025/2026
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It's that time of year again. I'm trying not to use Amazon, and I've deleted my meta accounts, so my reach is limited. But any help getting some books for my amazing fourth graders, some of whom I also had in kindergarten, is appreciated.
@prisonculture.bsky.social will you repost please? 💙
@prisonculture.bsky.social will you repost please? 💙
Over the last 20 years, we have gotten a comp day on the Friday of conference for two evenings of conferences. This year, our comp day was today…3 weeks later. I’m enjoying a 4 day weekend, but I would have preferred that Friday off. Conference week was exhausting!
November 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Over the last 20 years, we have gotten a comp day on the Friday of conference for two evenings of conferences. This year, our comp day was today…3 weeks later. I’m enjoying a 4 day weekend, but I would have preferred that Friday off. Conference week was exhausting!
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Pizza Beans 2.0! Hearty chickpeas, sausage, and kale are simmered in a spicy tomato sauce then finished with melted and blistered mozzarella and pecorino. We like to scoop it onto garlic bread.
smittenkitchen.com/2025/02/ziti...
smittenkitchen.com/2025/02/ziti...
October 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Pizza Beans 2.0! Hearty chickpeas, sausage, and kale are simmered in a spicy tomato sauce then finished with melted and blistered mozzarella and pecorino. We like to scoop it onto garlic bread.
smittenkitchen.com/2025/02/ziti...
smittenkitchen.com/2025/02/ziti...
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Old Fashioned
Bacon cheeseburger: tomatoes, pickles, mustard
Tommy Boy
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Bacon cheeseburger: tomatoes, pickles, mustard
Tommy Boy
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Paloma with fresh grapefruit juice
Swiss, mushrooms and extra pickles
Out of Sight
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Paloma with fresh grapefruit juice
Swiss, mushrooms and extra pickles
Out of Sight
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- Laphroaig, neat
- Green chile w/ cheddar
- Medicine Man
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- a movie you love that might surprise others
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- Green chile w/ cheddar
- Medicine Man
October 20, 2025 at 3:34 AM
GET TO KNOW ME
Share:
- a drink you might order
- a burger you might order
- a movie you love that might surprise others
Old Fashioned
Bacon cheeseburger: tomatoes, pickles, mustard
Tommy Boy
Share:
- a drink you might order
- a burger you might order
- a movie you love that might surprise others
Old Fashioned
Bacon cheeseburger: tomatoes, pickles, mustard
Tommy Boy
It's the beginning of vinyl and knitting season. Tonight, we are starting with Simon and Garfunkel's Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme while I work on knitting a shrug I started last winter.
October 12, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It's the beginning of vinyl and knitting season. Tonight, we are starting with Simon and Garfunkel's Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme while I work on knitting a shrug I started last winter.
We've finished the first month of school. Of course there have been ups and downs, but I can feel a good year forming. We have new admin, and that is making a big difference.
Here's to a great year!
Here's to a great year!
October 4, 2025 at 12:15 AM
We've finished the first month of school. Of course there have been ups and downs, but I can feel a good year forming. We have new admin, and that is making a big difference.
Here's to a great year!
Here's to a great year!
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Beaver fans, get yourself some Dippin' Dots at the game this evening to support Corvallis High School athletic programs. Parents are also serving beer and Bloody Marys to raise money for the programs. #gobeavs
August 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Beaver fans, get yourself some Dippin' Dots at the game this evening to support Corvallis High School athletic programs. Parents are also serving beer and Bloody Marys to raise money for the programs. #gobeavs
Scrolling Bluesky last night was my favorite time ever scrolling. Thank you for reminding me to have hope.
August 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Scrolling Bluesky last night was my favorite time ever scrolling. Thank you for reminding me to have hope.
Back to School Night ✅
24 of 26 fourth graders and their adults came. Several former students came by to say hello. Two boys exchanged bff necklaces and were so excited. I chatted about Travis and Taylor.
It’s going to be a great year! But, I am TIRED!
24 of 26 fourth graders and their adults came. Several former students came by to say hello. Two boys exchanged bff necklaces and were so excited. I chatted about Travis and Taylor.
It’s going to be a great year! But, I am TIRED!
August 29, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Back to School Night ✅
24 of 26 fourth graders and their adults came. Several former students came by to say hello. Two boys exchanged bff necklaces and were so excited. I chatted about Travis and Taylor.
It’s going to be a great year! But, I am TIRED!
24 of 26 fourth graders and their adults came. Several former students came by to say hello. Two boys exchanged bff necklaces and were so excited. I chatted about Travis and Taylor.
It’s going to be a great year! But, I am TIRED!
A few more books arrived today. I don't know who sent them, but if it was you, thanks so much! @mattholm.bsky.social @sarahweeks.bsky.social @amynoelleparks.bsky.social, thank you for writing awesome books!
Thanks again @prisonculture.bsky.social for sharing my list!
Thanks again @prisonculture.bsky.social for sharing my list!
August 21, 2025 at 12:46 AM
A few more books arrived today. I don't know who sent them, but if it was you, thanks so much! @mattholm.bsky.social @sarahweeks.bsky.social @amynoelleparks.bsky.social, thank you for writing awesome books!
Thanks again @prisonculture.bsky.social for sharing my list!
Thanks again @prisonculture.bsky.social for sharing my list!
Wow! Thank you so much @prisonculture.bsky.social for promoting my list. The books have started rolling in, and I can't wait to share them with my new students. All of the donations were anonymous, but if you sent something, thank you so much!
August 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Wow! Thank you so much @prisonculture.bsky.social for promoting my list. The books have started rolling in, and I can't wait to share them with my new students. All of the donations were anonymous, but if you sent something, thank you so much!
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Here outside the House chamber with folks chanting “LET HER OUT!”
August 19, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Here outside the House chamber with folks chanting “LET HER OUT!”
Today, I met my fear of ladders head on and washed the upper windows. It wasn’t terrible, and they look so much better!
August 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Today, I met my fear of ladders head on and washed the upper windows. It wasn’t terrible, and they look so much better!
Nearly everyday, but especially today, I’m glad I deleted my meta accounts. On occasion I miss scrolling through reels, but I’ll never go back.
August 15, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Nearly everyday, but especially today, I’m glad I deleted my meta accounts. On occasion I miss scrolling through reels, but I’ll never go back.
Pro tip: If it holds water and doesn't leak, you're good. You don't need a new one.
The best reusable bottle is the one you already have. No one is saving any plastic waste if they keep buying new damn fashion bottles!
I tested 42 water bottles to find the best for leaks, looks and sustainability: here are my favourites
August 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Pro tip: If it holds water and doesn't leak, you're good. You don't need a new one.
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Los Angeles school district police, staff and volunteers will form protective perimeters around at least 100 schools to help ensure safe passage of children — an announcement that came on a day that immigration agents drew their guns on a student with disabilities. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Agents detain student at gunpoint near school; safe zones to be expanded around LAUSD campuses
Amid immigration enforcement, city and school officials will set up "safe zones" monitored by LAPD and community volunteers to protect undocumented families when school resumes at LAUSD.
www.latimes.com
August 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Los Angeles school district police, staff and volunteers will form protective perimeters around at least 100 schools to help ensure safe passage of children — an announcement that came on a day that immigration agents drew their guns on a student with disabilities. www.latimes.com/california/s...
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If you get a letter from the school board demanding you pay extra for your disabled child’s public school education, contact a Special Education attorney IMMEDIATELY.
This is a flagrant violation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act signed into law in 1993.
WILDLY illegal.
This is a flagrant violation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act signed into law in 1993.
WILDLY illegal.
Ohio parents of kids with disabilities are receiving letters from the school board demanding they pay “extra” for their disabled children.
This is ableism and discrimination at its finest.
They weren’t even given adequate warning. Just 17 days to pay up.
This is ableism and discrimination at its finest.
They weren’t even given adequate warning. Just 17 days to pay up.
August 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
If you get a letter from the school board demanding you pay extra for your disabled child’s public school education, contact a Special Education attorney IMMEDIATELY.
This is a flagrant violation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act signed into law in 1993.
WILDLY illegal.
This is a flagrant violation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act signed into law in 1993.
WILDLY illegal.
I started high school in 1990 and graduated from college in 1998. I believe the nineties had the best music across the board of any decade.
I've been on an R&B kick lately and Janet, Maxwell, SWV, Toni, and D'Angelo all hold up.
I've been on an R&B kick lately and Janet, Maxwell, SWV, Toni, and D'Angelo all hold up.
August 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I started high school in 1990 and graduated from college in 1998. I believe the nineties had the best music across the board of any decade.
I've been on an R&B kick lately and Janet, Maxwell, SWV, Toni, and D'Angelo all hold up.
I've been on an R&B kick lately and Janet, Maxwell, SWV, Toni, and D'Angelo all hold up.
At this time, I want most people to find pockets of joy where they can. It's the only way we're going to survive.
Some, I only want to find legos under bare feet, their ice cream to fall on the sidewalk when they are ready to take their first lick, and their popcorn to never be buttery or salty.
Some, I only want to find legos under bare feet, their ice cream to fall on the sidewalk when they are ready to take their first lick, and their popcorn to never be buttery or salty.
I saw someone genuinely irritated that Taylor Swift fans are having some moments of joy these last couple of days despite the horrors of the world, I want to reassure that person that when the Taylor Swift fans are done having their joy the horrors will still be there, don't worry, they can catch up
August 14, 2025 at 12:53 AM
At this time, I want most people to find pockets of joy where they can. It's the only way we're going to survive.
Some, I only want to find legos under bare feet, their ice cream to fall on the sidewalk when they are ready to take their first lick, and their popcorn to never be buttery or salty.
Some, I only want to find legos under bare feet, their ice cream to fall on the sidewalk when they are ready to take their first lick, and their popcorn to never be buttery or salty.
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I saw someone genuinely irritated that Taylor Swift fans are having some moments of joy these last couple of days despite the horrors of the world, I want to reassure that person that when the Taylor Swift fans are done having their joy the horrors will still be there, don't worry, they can catch up
August 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I saw someone genuinely irritated that Taylor Swift fans are having some moments of joy these last couple of days despite the horrors of the world, I want to reassure that person that when the Taylor Swift fans are done having their joy the horrors will still be there, don't worry, they can catch up
After forty years, I’d gotten this song out of my head. And then this….
Kookaburra sitting on the old gum tree
Merry merry queen of the bush is she
Trans kookaburra, trans kookaburra,
Gay your life must be
Merry merry queen of the bush is she
Trans kookaburra, trans kookaburra,
Gay your life must be
August 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
After forty years, I’d gotten this song out of my head. And then this….
I just finished this book, and I’ll be getting it for my classroom. I laughed out loud multiple times, and it had a great lesson about being proud of who you are. #BookSky
August 13, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I just finished this book, and I’ll be getting it for my classroom. I laughed out loud multiple times, and it had a great lesson about being proud of who you are. #BookSky
WTAF
I cannot be calm about this!!!!!
my daughter came home from her first day of 10th grade and said that her history teacher told her that if she refuses to use AI for assignments, she has to cite her sources.
i asked how she’d cite it if she used AI, and she said, that’s not required.
i’m still internally fuming up about this.
i asked how she’d cite it if she used AI, and she said, that’s not required.
i’m still internally fuming up about this.
August 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
WTAF
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Every little bit helps! 📦💛 My classroom wishlist has items like an organizer for student work, ink, file folders, chart paper, megaphone, plants, hot glue gun & glue sticks. Some may not look like needs, but they help make our room feel like home. 🏡
🔗 www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
🔗 www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
Check out my list on Amazon
www.amazon.com
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Every little bit helps! 📦💛 My classroom wishlist has items like an organizer for student work, ink, file folders, chart paper, megaphone, plants, hot glue gun & glue sticks. Some may not look like needs, but they help make our room feel like home. 🏡
🔗 www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
🔗 www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
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Salute to everyone who is still protesting in person, online, and/or with their money.
August 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Salute to everyone who is still protesting in person, online, and/or with their money.
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A small group of us is planning a craft fair fundraiser for Gaza on September 7. Some of you have already generously reached out to offer a craft to us to sell at the fundraiser. We now have a form with details for anyone who wants to contribute a craft: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... - thank you.
Gaza Craft Fair Donation Form
Thank you for offering to submit items for the upcoming Craft Fundraiser on September 7th 2025.
Due date: Tuesday September 2nd 2025
We are accepting donations by mail through Tuesday September 2nd 20...
docs.google.com
August 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
A small group of us is planning a craft fair fundraiser for Gaza on September 7. Some of you have already generously reached out to offer a craft to us to sell at the fundraiser. We now have a form with details for anyone who wants to contribute a craft: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... - thank you.