Meandering Musings
Filled with gratitude and exhaustion as we near the finish line of the school year. The administration would like to announce that despite a recent decline in dirty clothes making it into a laundry basket and clean clothes not making it into drawers, the students have earned enough credits to be promoted. While the Real …. Read More
Independence Days
Principal Donadoni would like to announce that one of the students is now driving independently. He went quickly from driving his mother up a wall and driving me crazy (short trip, I know), to driving himself across the town for whatever he needs to do. The Real Boss is thrilled to have one less passenger …. Read More
Tires and Resilience
If “they’ can make an indestructible iPhone case and send a man to the moon, then why can’t we have tires that don’t give up after a few bumps and bruises. Because when the rubber meets the road in Principal Donadoni’s jalopy, apparently the road wins. Every time. And it’s not even close. How can …. Read More
Duty Schedule for the AP
As Principal Donadoni stated last blog, we know who the real boss is. So as Wally and I watched the sun rise yesterday I had an epiphany. In my mind’s eye- I could see that as the students continue to blossom into amazing independent minded, free spirited, happy, and confident citizens of society-hopefully still taking …. Read More
Who’s Really In Charge?
It’s here. Budget time at the Donadoni Academy. So I am going to present this letter to the school committee in hopes that our vision of excellence can continue to flourish. But before I get too far into that boring list of requests, some personnel issues need to be cleared up. And while I say …. Read More
Perspective of a Bunny?
Well, as I said last post- sometimes you get down in the weeds. But today, One-Eyed Willy and Wally went for a walk and found someone who was much much much worse off than we were. In fact, Principal Donadoni used to be a Co-Athletic Director, and Co-Head of History department at the Kildonan School …. Read More
Bad Timing, Great Lesson
Outside of our Academy antics, Principal Donadoni tends to lie low. But boy, am I lyin’ low right now. I mean, my beloved Yankees are at the bottom of the barrel, and to sprinkle more pain on my pity party -the Red Sox keep winning. The desk is piled high with evaluations, permission slips, vacation …. Read More
Every Rose has Its Thorn
Principal Donadoni got stuck at the office. And, so has everyone else who has entered the office the last two weeks. In fact, if it weren’t for duct tape, who knows how many more people would have been stranded in despair in the most popular and frequented room in the Academy. Apparently, the doorknob deity …. Read More
Newsletter
It’s that time of year! We got lots of optimism flowing faster than Wally can slip his tongue in your mouth, but it’s also time for evaluations, like report cards and teacher evaluations and planning end of year celebrations. Busy stuff. So we should have a quick newsletter sent out from the Academy so everyone …. Read More
