Amanda Leighton 🍎📚✏️

Sinner, redeemed | I probably overuse the em dash. | Lover of cardigans, language, teaching, naps, and the Oxford comma | Education is a human right. 💜💛

[Amanda Leighton 🍎📚✏️ @VCWordNerd]

If your politics reign over your humanity, you are part of the problem.

[Amanda Leighton 🍎📚✏️ @VCWordNerd]

@Chiefs, after years of going as @PatrickMahomes, my nephew decided to honor The Legend. Feel free to give him a shout-out because he's the best kid and the biggest fan in the #chiefskingdom

[Amanda Leighton 🍎📚✏️ @VCWordNerd]

@madmacks532 You are endlessly capable. Never forget that. 🥰🥹

[Amanda Leighton 🍎📚✏️ @VCWordNerd]

@MrWillisVCHS Can confirm. Cheers! ☕️

[Janel Comeau 🍁 @VeryBadLlama]

in hindsight the plot of The Great Gatsby makes infinitely more sense when you remember that the author and all of the characters have been driven to the brink of stark-raving, shoelace-eating madness by three years of a global flu pandemic

[Amanda Leighton 🍎📚✏️ @VCWordNerd]

@DrBradJohnson Relish small moments. When the students want to show you a silly TikTok, teach you a new dance move, or offer a new word (“rizz” is trending at my school), let them—and be genuine in your reception. It’s the small moments that ultimately create the most impactful school culture.

[Amanda Leighton 🍎📚✏️ @VCWordNerd]

I would like to order another touchdown, please. 🏈💜💛

[USD262 Valley Center @USD262]

Congratulations to Aaron Miller, ELA teacher at Valley Center High School, who is the district's nominee for the Kansas Horizon Award. The award from the @ksdehq honors outstanding educators in their second year of teaching. Congratulations, Mr. Miller!
#HornetFamily #SOAR

[VCHS Counseling @VCHScounseling]

Grab a yellow slip in the counseling office for schedule changes to be complete by Friday, August 19! 💜💛

[Student Council at Valley Center High School @STUCOVCHS]

Class of 2023! Mark your calendars!

For those of you interested in purchasing a senior parking stall, we will painting those on Sunday, August 21st from 1-5pm! 🎨 🧑‍🎨

More details on purchasing and painting to come this week!

[Amanda Leighton 🍎📚✏️ @VCWordNerd]

@literaticat Eight! Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet, a Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Hamlet, Othello, Much Ado About Nothing, and As You Like It. 🤓

[Amanda Leighton 🍎📚✏️ @VCWordNerd]

Tell me you're from the Midwest without telling me you're from the Midwest.

[Amanda Leighton 🍎📚✏️ @VCWordNerd]

@RainMcGraw I will watch you for her. ❤️

[USD262 Valley Center @USD262]

Who dunnit? Get a Clue this Friday and Saturday! Tickets: 7$ for students and 9$ for adults. Pre-purchase here: https://t.co/KjxpwweiHt or cash at the door. House opens at 6:30 p.m., show starts at 7:00 p.m. in the Valley Center High School Auditorium! 🎭
#HornetFamily #SOAR

[Amanda Leighton 🍎📚✏️ @VCWordNerd]

You are.

[Amanda Leighton 🍎📚✏️ @VCWordNerd]

@SparkNotes @Amazolam—bookmark this for when you’re raising teenagers. 😂🤓

[Amanda Leighton 🍎📚✏️ @VCWordNerd]

"A child who reads will be an adult who thinks." ♥️

[Amanda Leighton 🍎📚✏️ @VCWordNerd]

@Jordyn_Ashley97 Therapy is so impactful for many, myself included. And the best way to destigmatize it is to talk about it and make connections. Empathy is not overrated. Sending love.🥰