Miller Avenue students recently created an author celebration for both their classmates and families. Ms. Courtney Von Bargen’s second grade class have been diligently working on a unit of study in writing workshop titled Narrative Writing Small Moments and are learning how to develop their narratives and other strategies to bring their stories to life.

“Students were taught to add to their writing pieces and I was so impressed to see how well they unfroze characters, added ellipses, bold words, details, voice, editing, revising and more,” Ms. Von Bargen said.

Each day during the three-day celebration, four students shared their stories with their families via Google Meets.

Ms. Von Bargen’s philosophy on education is that a parent is a child's first teacher and home is their first learning environment. “Involving parents in a child's education is an important part for me as an educator,” she said.