Heather McDowell Francis (@just_teachin at the old place)
@musictchr1.bsky.social
she/her; preK-12th music educator who doesn’t use that mug at school, LGBTQ+ ally, bleeding heart liberal, die hard Cubs fan, & mom to a future #kidlit illustrator... #EDUsky
#clearthelist Support my students @ https://amzn.to/2VXmOY2
#clearthelist Support my students @ https://amzn.to/2VXmOY2
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Allison McDowell Fund for Mental Health Support – SRCCF
srccf.org
In light of the EO stating there’s only two genders & that they can’t be changed, I want to share the community foundation-held fund memorializing my sister.
Alli’s fund was created by my family to help those needing mental health support &/or gender affirming care, targeting rural IL for now.
Alli’s fund was created by my family to help those needing mental health support &/or gender affirming care, targeting rural IL for now.
The original bitly link might not work. If it doesn’t, please try bit.ly/Care_Cabinet. THANK YOU!
🚨My students have hit my care cabinet hard… & with #SNAP benefits in limbo, they’ll need it even more.🚨
Biggest needs are snacks & deodorant. I started w/84 deos & have 4 left.
Wishlists has items btw $1-$20. All help my students. Grateful for your help!
amzn.to/2VXmOY2
WM: bit.ly/CareCabinet
Biggest needs are snacks & deodorant. I started w/84 deos & have 4 left.
Wishlists has items btw $1-$20. All help my students. Grateful for your help!
amzn.to/2VXmOY2
WM: bit.ly/CareCabinet
October 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The original bitly link might not work. If it doesn’t, please try bit.ly/Care_Cabinet. THANK YOU!
🚨My students have hit my care cabinet hard… & with #SNAP benefits in limbo, they’ll need it even more.🚨
Biggest needs are snacks & deodorant. I started w/84 deos & have 4 left.
Wishlists has items btw $1-$20. All help my students. Grateful for your help!
amzn.to/2VXmOY2
WM: bit.ly/CareCabinet
Biggest needs are snacks & deodorant. I started w/84 deos & have 4 left.
Wishlists has items btw $1-$20. All help my students. Grateful for your help!
amzn.to/2VXmOY2
WM: bit.ly/CareCabinet
October 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
🚨My students have hit my care cabinet hard… & with #SNAP benefits in limbo, they’ll need it even more.🚨
Biggest needs are snacks & deodorant. I started w/84 deos & have 4 left.
Wishlists has items btw $1-$20. All help my students. Grateful for your help!
amzn.to/2VXmOY2
WM: bit.ly/CareCabinet
Biggest needs are snacks & deodorant. I started w/84 deos & have 4 left.
Wishlists has items btw $1-$20. All help my students. Grateful for your help!
amzn.to/2VXmOY2
WM: bit.ly/CareCabinet
As a music educator, my goal is simple: grow GOOD musicians who are EVEN BETTER people.
In my classroom you’ll find me teaching about and through music, with a sharp focus on empathy, equity, and a combination of accountability and grace.
Looking for help to #clearthelist
Thanks!
amzn.to/2VXmOY2
In my classroom you’ll find me teaching about and through music, with a sharp focus on empathy, equity, and a combination of accountability and grace.
Looking for help to #clearthelist
Thanks!
amzn.to/2VXmOY2
July 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
As a music educator, my goal is simple: grow GOOD musicians who are EVEN BETTER people.
In my classroom you’ll find me teaching about and through music, with a sharp focus on empathy, equity, and a combination of accountability and grace.
Looking for help to #clearthelist
Thanks!
amzn.to/2VXmOY2
In my classroom you’ll find me teaching about and through music, with a sharp focus on empathy, equity, and a combination of accountability and grace.
Looking for help to #clearthelist
Thanks!
amzn.to/2VXmOY2
Advocating for my music students today! In my classroom you’ll find me teaching about & through music, with a sharp focus on empathy, equity, & a combination of accountability & grace.
I invite you to read more about who & how I teach & if so moved, pls help #clearthelist. Thanks!
amzn.to/2VXmOY2
I invite you to read more about who & how I teach & if so moved, pls help #clearthelist. Thanks!
amzn.to/2VXmOY2
July 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Advocating for my music students today! In my classroom you’ll find me teaching about & through music, with a sharp focus on empathy, equity, & a combination of accountability & grace.
I invite you to read more about who & how I teach & if so moved, pls help #clearthelist. Thanks!
amzn.to/2VXmOY2
I invite you to read more about who & how I teach & if so moved, pls help #clearthelist. Thanks!
amzn.to/2VXmOY2
Reposted by Heather McDowell Francis (@just_teachin at the old place)
“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.”
William Shakespeare
All’s Well That Ends Well,
Act 1, Scene 1
William Shakespeare
All’s Well That Ends Well,
Act 1, Scene 1
June 18, 2025 at 2:36 AM
“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.”
William Shakespeare
All’s Well That Ends Well,
Act 1, Scene 1
William Shakespeare
All’s Well That Ends Well,
Act 1, Scene 1
Reposted by Heather McDowell Francis (@just_teachin at the old place)
I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
June 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
I know school is barely out, but teachers are always looking ahead. If you’re looking to support a #teacher who emphasizes #empathy & #DEI, I’m your person. My Amazon (ick, I know, but it’s the nature of the beast) #clearthelist link follows. Items from $1. Grateful for any help!
amzn.to/2VXmOY2
amzn.to/2VXmOY2
June 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I know school is barely out, but teachers are always looking ahead. If you’re looking to support a #teacher who emphasizes #empathy & #DEI, I’m your person. My Amazon (ick, I know, but it’s the nature of the beast) #clearthelist link follows. Items from $1. Grateful for any help!
amzn.to/2VXmOY2
amzn.to/2VXmOY2
Reposted by Heather McDowell Francis (@just_teachin at the old place)
Flashback to 2020, peak of COVID pandemic when Dr. Oz said "...the opening of schools may only cost us 2-3% in terms of total mortality... it might be a tradeoff some folks would consider."
www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
Senate confirms Mehmet Oz to lead Medicaid and Medicare
Oz will assume the role as administrator of the CMS with little to no experience in government health policy.
www.msnbc.com
April 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Flashback to 2020, peak of COVID pandemic when Dr. Oz said "...the opening of schools may only cost us 2-3% in terms of total mortality... it might be a tradeoff some folks would consider."
www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
Reposted by Heather McDowell Francis (@just_teachin at the old place)
In Louisiana, two infants have died of pertussis in the past six months, according to the state health department, the first deaths from the disease in the state since 2018
#News #News&Politics
#News #News&Politics
Two infants die of whooping cough in Louisiana as cases climb nationally
There have been 6,600 pertussis cases reported in the US in 2025, almost four times the number at this point last year.
www.yahoo.com
April 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
In Louisiana, two infants have died of pertussis in the past six months, according to the state health department, the first deaths from the disease in the state since 2018
#News #News&Politics
#News #News&Politics
Reposted by Heather McDowell Francis (@just_teachin at the old place)
They installed the TV...
At his request...
So he can play video games...
In his office...
In the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
At his request...
So he can play video games...
In his office...
In the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
March 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
They installed the TV...
At his request...
So he can play video games...
In his office...
In the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
At his request...
So he can play video games...
In his office...
In the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Reposted by Heather McDowell Francis (@just_teachin at the old place)
NEWS
The FDA, which operates under the authority of Robert Kennedy Jr., canceled the meeting to discuss next year’s flu vaccines.
This could interfere with or delay production of flu vaccines.
86 children and 19,000 adults have died from flu this season.
About 430,000 people were hospitalized.
The FDA, which operates under the authority of Robert Kennedy Jr., canceled the meeting to discuss next year’s flu vaccines.
This could interfere with or delay production of flu vaccines.
86 children and 19,000 adults have died from flu this season.
About 430,000 people were hospitalized.
F.D.A. Cancels Meeting of Vaccine Experts Scheduled to Advise on Flu Shots (Gift Article)
The cancellation plays into fears among scientists who worry that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will use his position as health secretary to sow doubts about vaccines.
bit.ly
February 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
NEWS
The FDA, which operates under the authority of Robert Kennedy Jr., canceled the meeting to discuss next year’s flu vaccines.
This could interfere with or delay production of flu vaccines.
86 children and 19,000 adults have died from flu this season.
About 430,000 people were hospitalized.
The FDA, which operates under the authority of Robert Kennedy Jr., canceled the meeting to discuss next year’s flu vaccines.
This could interfere with or delay production of flu vaccines.
86 children and 19,000 adults have died from flu this season.
About 430,000 people were hospitalized.
Reposted by Heather McDowell Francis (@just_teachin at the old place)
In light of the EO stating there’s only two genders & that they can’t be changed, I want to share the community foundation-held fund memorializing my sister.
Alli’s fund was created by my family to help those needing mental health support &/or gender affirming care, targeting rural IL for now.
Alli’s fund was created by my family to help those needing mental health support &/or gender affirming care, targeting rural IL for now.
Allison McDowell Fund for Mental Health Support – SRCCF
srccf.org
January 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
In light of the EO stating there’s only two genders & that they can’t be changed, I want to share the community foundation-held fund memorializing my sister.
Alli’s fund was created by my family to help those needing mental health support &/or gender affirming care, targeting rural IL for now.
Alli’s fund was created by my family to help those needing mental health support &/or gender affirming care, targeting rural IL for now.
Reposted by Heather McDowell Francis (@just_teachin at the old place)
Reposted by Heather McDowell Francis (@just_teachin at the old place)
Reposted by Heather McDowell Francis (@just_teachin at the old place)
I just realized that bronzed fucking buffoon will be in office on our country’s 250th birthday as well as when we host the World Cup and the Olympics.
And now I feel sick.
And now I feel sick.
December 4, 2024 at 10:04 PM
I just realized that bronzed fucking buffoon will be in office on our country’s 250th birthday as well as when we host the World Cup and the Olympics.
And now I feel sick.
And now I feel sick.
I have just a few things left on this wishlist for three of my neediest students. Please read below & if it wouldn’t put you in a financial hardship, please consider helping me help them. #clearthelist #edusky #angeltree #holiday #christmas #bettertogether #makeup #hotwheels #hellokitty #naruto
Okay, Bluesky, pls work your #clearthelist magic! Certainly someone is up & jonesin’ for some retail therapy that’ll do some good! Please read the pic & if you can, help me help my students. If you don’t want to support Amazon, LMK! I have receipts from other places!
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
December 1, 2024 at 7:46 PM
I have just a few things left on this wishlist for three of my neediest students. Please read below & if it wouldn’t put you in a financial hardship, please consider helping me help them. #clearthelist #edusky #angeltree #holiday #christmas #bettertogether #makeup #hotwheels #hellokitty #naruto
Happy Thanksgiving!
If it wouldn’t cause you any financial hardship, pls consider making 3 of my school’s neediest students’ Xmas brighter. Our counselor gathers info re: their needs & shares w/staff. It’s all kept anonymous. Reposts appreciated. Grateful!
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
If it wouldn’t cause you any financial hardship, pls consider making 3 of my school’s neediest students’ Xmas brighter. Our counselor gathers info re: their needs & shares w/staff. It’s all kept anonymous. Reposts appreciated. Grateful!
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
November 28, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Happy Thanksgiving!
If it wouldn’t cause you any financial hardship, pls consider making 3 of my school’s neediest students’ Xmas brighter. Our counselor gathers info re: their needs & shares w/staff. It’s all kept anonymous. Reposts appreciated. Grateful!
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
If it wouldn’t cause you any financial hardship, pls consider making 3 of my school’s neediest students’ Xmas brighter. Our counselor gathers info re: their needs & shares w/staff. It’s all kept anonymous. Reposts appreciated. Grateful!
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
Reposted by Heather McDowell Francis (@just_teachin at the old place)
It’s really something to watch the Party whose supporters poop on the floor in the Capitol and wipe their feces on the wall tell us which bathrooms to use.
November 20, 2024 at 6:31 PM
It’s really something to watch the Party whose supporters poop on the floor in the Capitol and wipe their feces on the wall tell us which bathrooms to use.
Reposted by Heather McDowell Francis (@just_teachin at the old place)
Okay, Bluesky, pls work your #clearthelist magic! Certainly someone is up & jonesin’ for some retail therapy that’ll do some good! Please read the pic & if you can, help me help my students. If you don’t want to support Amazon, LMK! I have receipts from other places!
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
November 24, 2024 at 5:48 AM
Okay, Bluesky, pls work your #clearthelist magic! Certainly someone is up & jonesin’ for some retail therapy that’ll do some good! Please read the pic & if you can, help me help my students. If you don’t want to support Amazon, LMK! I have receipts from other places!
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
Reposted by Heather McDowell Francis (@just_teachin at the old place)
My latest starter pack for our wonderful teachers, professors and other educators! Thank you for all you do!
go.bsky.app/T8htFwR
go.bsky.app/T8htFwR
November 24, 2024 at 7:44 PM
My latest starter pack for our wonderful teachers, professors and other educators! Thank you for all you do!
go.bsky.app/T8htFwR
go.bsky.app/T8htFwR
Okay, Bluesky, pls work your #clearthelist magic! Certainly someone is up & jonesin’ for some retail therapy that’ll do some good! Please read the pic & if you can, help me help my students. If you don’t want to support Amazon, LMK! I have receipts from other places!
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
November 24, 2024 at 5:48 AM
Okay, Bluesky, pls work your #clearthelist magic! Certainly someone is up & jonesin’ for some retail therapy that’ll do some good! Please read the pic & if you can, help me help my students. If you don’t want to support Amazon, LMK! I have receipts from other places!
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #206,761!
October 2, 2024 at 3:51 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #206,761!
Reposted by Heather McDowell Francis (@just_teachin at the old place)
Today's the day! My 19th book, DEAR UNICORN, is now available! By now you know the drill. I'm giving away 19 copies along with another favorite . For the final giveaway: MIGHTY MUDDY US by Caron Levis & @charlessantoso.bsky.social
To enter:
✅ FOLLOW
❤️ LIKE
🔃 RT/QT
BONUS: 👉 COMMENT & TAG A FRIEND
To enter:
✅ FOLLOW
❤️ LIKE
🔃 RT/QT
BONUS: 👉 COMMENT & TAG A FRIEND
September 19, 2023 at 12:52 PM
Today's the day! My 19th book, DEAR UNICORN, is now available! By now you know the drill. I'm giving away 19 copies along with another favorite . For the final giveaway: MIGHTY MUDDY US by Caron Levis & @charlessantoso.bsky.social
To enter:
✅ FOLLOW
❤️ LIKE
🔃 RT/QT
BONUS: 👉 COMMENT & TAG A FRIEND
To enter:
✅ FOLLOW
❤️ LIKE
🔃 RT/QT
BONUS: 👉 COMMENT & TAG A FRIEND