Holly Sanders

Iowa born, High School History Teacher, lover of pink, and sass master. MA History, EdD. ABD Administrative Leadership. Wife and mother❤️

[Holly Sanders @HistoryQueen16]

@MMFlint
Where has our First Amendment gone?

[VDOE News @VDOE_News]

From State Superintendent Emily Anne Gullickson: https://t.co/MILpXvovGC

[VDOE News @VDOE_News]

From State Superintendent Emily Anne Gullickson: https://t.co/MILpXvovGC

[Indiana Fever @IndianaFever]

TOOK CARE OF BUSINESS AT HOME 😤

#NowYouKnow

[WinchesterStarSports @WinStarSports1]

FINAL: 🏈: #Millbrook 40, Harrisonburg 0. Pioneers win season opener for second straight year by 40-0 score over Streaks

[Education Week @educationweek]

Learn why this veteran educator argues that responsible grading needs to reflect more than just content mastery. #EWOpinion #K12
https://t.co/Y50X4aKBnu

[Holly Sanders @HistoryQueen16]

@RitchieTorres @harrisonjaime Whew! Glad we’re dialing back the hateful rhetoric! So thankful for the spirit of unity. 🙄

[Holly Sanders @HistoryQueen16]

@WNBA Pitbull’s dancers should be an all male revue. In very small clothing. Fair is fair. Thank you.

[Iowa Hawkeyes on SR @SRHawkeyes]

#HAWKEYES WIN!!! #IOWA MARCHES ON TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!!!

[TJ Hockenson @TheeHOCK8]

I graduated from a small town in Southern Iowa. Join me in advocating to Governor Reynolds and legislators that AEAs are needed for ALL kids in ALL schools. No changes needed! @KimReynoldsIA

[Tania Davis @tania_davis1]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[Holly Sanders @HistoryQueen16]

@HawkDad1 I am so sorry for the behavior of some of these “fans.” I hope the support and pride most of us feel drowns out the idiots!❤️

[Cherokee Nation @CherokeeNation]

In her new op-ed for @TheHill, Cherokee Nation’s @DelegateTeehee reminds all of us that #IndigenousPeoplesDay is about our collective responsibility to ensure justice. ⬇️

https://t.co/EmiX7pqwBC

[Holly Sanders @HistoryQueen16]

@CantSilenceBus @mandey1104 @NEAToday Step up and get your certification. Teach. It’s always easier to fire salvos from the cheap seats.

[Maria Shriver @mariashriver]

Today marks 54 years since the #StonewallUprising on June 28, 1969. During this time, it was common for police to raid local bars and clubs where members of the gay and lesbian community would gather, but this night at the Stonewall Inn was different. When the bar was raided this time, it was extremely violent. Bar patrons and neighborhood residents hung around rather than dispersing, and a riot started. This led to 5 more days of protests in the neighborhood, and one year later on the anniversary of the uprising, the first gay pride marches took place in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Within a few years, gay rights organizations were founded across the US and the world.

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

Remember Goodman, Chaney and Schwerner and the price they paid on this day 1964 in Mississippi after fighting for voting rights:

[Steve Keeley @KeeleyFox29]

She’s 18. She got accepted to several universities. She picked Morgan State to study mechanical engineering. She vanished last Monday, June 5th. She’s now missed her prom. She missed her Motivation High School graduation Friday. Her name is Shalayla Porter. 1/2

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

At the end of this long day, let’s remember that it is also the anniversary of the day in 1967 that LBJ nominated Thurgood Marshall as first African American Supreme Court Justice:

[TeacherGoals @teachergoals]

For real though! 💯
🌐 https://t.co/leSsDUnQAd

[University of Iowa @uiowa]

The University of Iowa surpassed Harvard, Princeton as the #2 university in the country for writing. Iowa is the only public university in the top ten. The ranking recognizes the importance of teaching writing and communication in all disciplines. https://t.co/isN3cqNR43

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

From a Teacher ❤️ ✏️

Today I was running low on pencils so I asked all of my kids to pull out any of my pencils that they had in their desks. I had one student ask me if he could keep his pencils that his mom gave him for school. Of course, I said yes.

He then said, “well, I guess I’ll give you a few so my classmates can have them too.” I thought nothing of it and took the pencils that he handed me. When I was sharpening them, I noticed writing on a few of them. I then realized that my student’s mother took the time to write on his pencils. I asked him if he would mind showing me the rest of them.

What I read melted my heart:
- You are so talented.
- This will be a great year.
- You are creative.
- You are phenomenal.
- Never give up.
- You can do this.
- You are knowledgeable.
- You are a math whiz.
- You are intelligent.
- Proud of you everyday.
- I love you.
- You have a brilliant mind.
- You are wonderful.
- You are a problem solver.
- Follow your dreams.
- You are perfect.
- I am proud of you.
- You will change the world.
- You are amazing.
- You are the best.
- You are important.

-This probably took his mom a few minutes to do yet it lit up his whole day at school. He wasn’t embarrassed that his mom wrote on his pencils. Thanks to his mom, he was reminded of his self worth and wanted to share the same feeling with his classmates.

- THESE are the things that we should be reminding our kids (both parents AND teachers). Imagine the look on a child’s face when they are reminded that they are important, talented, loved, knowledgeable and so much more.

- Help them know that someone believes in them and is proud of them in everything they do. Even if you think it is cheesy or you don’t have enough time or that you will have little impact, remember that you may be the only one telling and reminding them these things and EVERY kid needs to know their value. This is why I teach. ❤️❤💜💜😀⭐