Mary Ellen Wessels M.Ed. Advocate / Consultant

06/22/2025

Ok, be honest, how many of you teachers out there are already planning for next year? How many of you have ADHD? I'm trying to finesse my ultimate ADHD teacher planner. I'm really not very active on FBook. But I'll check back eventually!

08/29/2024

Can't wait!
Join me in Boston for "In the President's Shoes: Empowering Students through Simulations and Games

Explore how active and game-based learning can engage your students in a world that can feel outside of their control. Join educators from the CFR Education Ambassador Program and iCivics Educator Network for a conversation around simulating presidential decision-making to give students civic power. at the
104th NCSS Annual Conference!
➡️Register today: https://www.socialstudies.org/conference/registration

06/04/2024

Check out this cool poster my 7th graders made to help raise money for our H2O for Life fundraiser!
https://www.h2oforlifeschools.org/admin/sponsor/campaigns/2289 Today they raised another $60+ - so we're slowly getting closer to our goal! We sold popcorn at Gate City Charter School for the Arts

05/30/2024

Yay! Our first online donation! 7th grade is raising money to help provide safe water to the Navajo Nation and South Sudan School #1. Help us out! Every penny counts! (although if you want to donate less than $5 I'd stop by and put it in our cash jars! ;-)
https://www.h2oforlifeschools.org/admin/sponsor/campaigns/2289

Gate City Charter School for the Arts

05/27/2024

I'm going to share several of my 7th graders posters to raise money for H2O for Life - this year they chose 2 projects: Navajo Nation, and South Sudan.
Gate City Charter School for the Arts

They are trying to raise an ambitious $500 this year!! Every penny counts! https://www.h2oforlifeschools.org/admin/sponsor/campaigns/2289

03/10/2024

Hey, if you can get to the Nashua Public Library
The 'Be You Art Show' is located in the Lower Level of the library. Artwork will be on display from 3/9 - 3/28. We are holding a reception on March 20th, from 6-8 at the Nashua Public Library.

Our students at Gate City Charter School for the Arts are displaying pictures. (and oh yeah, I have a tiny one too)

Yay!

02/20/2024

Hey - so instead of competing with my "work wife" I'm helping her out! (This is one of our goofy kids btw) - anyway - this popcorn is REALLY GOOD! and it raises money for our little Title One Arts Integration school!

Click here to buy ultra-premium popcorn and 50% of your purchase benefits this fundraiser.

01/27/2024

Time for our school's annual theater Go Fund Me!

Hello! My name is Dottie Charest. I’m the Director of the after-school Theater Program for Ga… Dottie Charest needs your support for Fundraising for a venue!

11/04/2023

Truth! Why I love teaching at Gate City Charter School for the Arts.

“Our students are living in a time when the career that they’ve trained for is not likely to be the career that they’re going to be following 10 years later,” Mr. Cohen says. Studying the humanities, he argues, will teach them how to be nimble.

After years of hand-wringing about their future, liberal arts departments now face the chopping block. At risk: French, German, American studies and women’s studies.

09/28/2023

Looking forward to anther inspiring year! I am excited to announce that I have been selected to be a part of the 2023-24 CFR Education Ambassador Program! leverages the knowledge of Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) experts to make complex global affairs and foreign policy issues accessible for middle school, high school, higher education students and educators. I look forward to using CFR Education resources and networking with like-minded professionals who are committed to equipping students with the knowledge, skills, and perspective to navigate today’s connected world. Learn more about the program here:

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is pleased to announce a new cohort for the 2023–24 CFR Education Ambassador Program, which brings together teachers and professionals in high school and higher…

09/26/2023

Hearing this reminded me that when Iain and I bought our CD player we each picked one cd- I picked Paul Simon's Graceland, he picked Fresh Aire IV. Thinking of you ❤️ and Mary Ellyn Cain.

Mannheim Steamroller · Song · 1981

07/03/2023

I love my school, truly, I can't imagine a better place to work, but our budget is pretty darned tight.
I have wanted trapezoid tables for several years and I finally decided t see if I could make this "crowd funding" idea work. So if anyone has a spare $1 or few to help me get tables - I'll be very grateful and I promise to do a happy dance!

Most teachers spend $750 a year on supplies. Give them what they need, when they need it.