2 things to celebrate today. 1. It’s our blog’s 1 Year Anniversary! It’s been exactly one year since I made the commitment to write a blog and post it on our website and facebook page EVERY Monday about big ideas […]

Turned on 105.5-no more holiday music. Checked out the ABC Family listings for the day, holiday movies-gone. In the blink of an eye people are packing up the decorations and I find the whole thing a little sad. Not because […]

Last week I shared that it broke my heart (again) hearing from one of my former students about their lackluster year and how it doesn’t have to be that way. As the days leading up to our holiday break went […]

I ran into a former student and her mother yesterday. Her smile always beams and her mother is a doll. But the words that came out of her mouth after we caught up and I asked her how her year […]

This week at Indi-ED we were very busy but we had lots of fun. We took some awesome Christmas pictures. Also, we did lots of decorating. The younger group was spreading some joy, (as a part of their daily acts […]

Here in Florida, our students have the entire week of Thanksgiving off. I spent this break far differently than my past 10 years. I won’t pretend like I don’t have more on my plate this year or that I’m not […]

While our students focus on gratitude daily, #GivingTuesday kicks off the charitable season and gives our community a way to get involved in one common purpose: to celebrate and encourage giving. Real talk, you don’t have to wait for a […]

Indi-ED is different, good different. As I’m happily tearing apart our plans and redesigning our next set of units for my students, another way that we’re “good different” is glaring me in the face. We can always PIVOT as necessary […]

This week was a pretty big and busy week at Indi-ED. First, it was time for another family meal. This time it was a little different because we went and had it at the beach — which was SO fun! […]

My name is Lauren McClung and I’m going to share some lessons I have learned at Indi-Ed. Lesson 1: Be friendly to everyone At the beginning of the school year, I didn’t know anyone. I was friendly to everyone and […]