In case you missed The Onion this week...http://www.theonion.com/articles/professor-deeply-hurt-by-students-evaluation,20130/
Now, spread your wings!
26 April 2013
13 February 2013
Lunchtime talk
Just gave a lunch talk about Atala to our local Kiwanis group. What an awesome group of people! I got to give the history of Atala, how we started, where we're going. They were very engaged, asking specific education-related questions, trying to figure out how we assess if we don't emphasize standardized test, etc. What a super experience!
Spread Your Wings!
Spread Your Wings!
12 February 2013
English Pirate?
Here are our Facebook stats from the last 3 weeks. I love that we have an English pirate commenting on our pages... :)
Languages?
331
| English (US) |
22
| Spanish |
8
| English (UK) |
2
| Spanish (Spain) |
1
| Russian |
1
| English (Pirate) |
1
| French (France) |
31 January 2013
83%
83%—that's how many of our families re-enrolled for next year during the month of January. We have more students re-enrolled than the total enrollment from our first year of existence. Super exciting!
Spread Your Wings!
Spread Your Wings!
29 January 2013
Academic Wars
So nerdy, so true...I bet it was a current professor who made it. They have waaaay to much time on their hands! That being said, it's really funny:
21 January 2013
Fiscal Fitness
So if you know me, then you know I can't stand exercising. It's boring, there's no goal, no competition, and generally no point. Because I stink at exercise, I am not competitive, so there's no use doing it. I'm trying to find unique ways to get fit including bike riding with Liam (my son). This seems to work a lot better than just running in circles around the neighborhood. We've been biking to my old lady friend's house, which is 3.7 miles round trip. We usually eat pretty healthily and are really trying to monitor our portion sizes. But there's always room for improvement.
While I'm not particularly physically fit, Atala Montessori is fiscally fit! I've been working on all our tax statements for this year and learned a lot. First of all, we went from loosing around $80,000 in our first year of business to loosing only $8500 in our second year of business. While you may look at that and say, 'wow, they are loosing a lot of money,' the first figure represents all the money we put into the school to get it started—the building renovations, the purchases of workbooks, furniture, computers, and all the other equipment associated with a school. Did you know that those little kiddy toilets found in most schools cost $400 a piece? And that doesn't include the installation! The requisite drinking fountains are $800 per fountain! Everything adds up quickly. So loosing only $80 grand is not bad for our start-up year. Last year we only lost $8500, but keep in mind we opened up a new classroom. So we had many renovations and purchases, but for a single room (which helped a lot).
This is we should finally be able to bank something and really start saving for a permanent building, a final home for Atala. We really want to stop renting and have something that we own—the land, the building, and the business.
With all this, I am so proud to say that as of this month, the school has grossed $1,000,000 since its inception! We have, indeed, Spread Our Wings!
While I'm not particularly physically fit, Atala Montessori is fiscally fit! I've been working on all our tax statements for this year and learned a lot. First of all, we went from loosing around $80,000 in our first year of business to loosing only $8500 in our second year of business. While you may look at that and say, 'wow, they are loosing a lot of money,' the first figure represents all the money we put into the school to get it started—the building renovations, the purchases of workbooks, furniture, computers, and all the other equipment associated with a school. Did you know that those little kiddy toilets found in most schools cost $400 a piece? And that doesn't include the installation! The requisite drinking fountains are $800 per fountain! Everything adds up quickly. So loosing only $80 grand is not bad for our start-up year. Last year we only lost $8500, but keep in mind we opened up a new classroom. So we had many renovations and purchases, but for a single room (which helped a lot).
This is we should finally be able to bank something and really start saving for a permanent building, a final home for Atala. We really want to stop renting and have something that we own—the land, the building, and the business.
With all this, I am so proud to say that as of this month, the school has grossed $1,000,000 since its inception! We have, indeed, Spread Our Wings!
17 January 2013
Asleep
OK so I have to admit it—I fell asleep yesterday before I had a chance to post. I am looking forward to the 3-day weekend so I can begin to plan my entries over the upcoming months. I need a strategy, a goal, in writing this blog. Right now (as you know if you're actually reading) it's more of a diary. I want to get back to the reasons I left academia and how frustrating that situation was, while this new opportunity to own my own business has been exhilarating (well, at least 80% of the time). More on that after the weekend...
Spread Your Wings!
Spread Your Wings!
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