08/16/2026
Throwing it back to the Fall of 2023 and the event that led to the birth of Creativity Ink.
For a little context, our district has been and continues to face issues with space for students and teachers.
Why?
It turns out that amazing schools are a magnet for families.
I am extremely blessed to work alongside such wonderful students, staff, administrators, and families that have made Waltham the best school around.
Simply put, we give a “private school feel in a public school setting.” It’s truly a privilege to be a small part of our culture.
But I digress, in the Spring of 2023, with our building at capacity, I was approached to teach 6th-8th Grade Writing in one our common spaces, typically reserved for anything but an actual classroom.
What followed was a transformation of not only my own approach to teaching, but finding and sharing way to approach embracing challenges in general.
As things typically do when I’m feeling engaged; the ideas came fast and furious. Soon, with the cooperation of our administration and input from others, that common space became UNcommon.
It was a space designed to mimic a coffee shop, with high top tables, booths, stools, plants, and, of course, coffee decor.
It wasn’t long until one thing led to another and the kids began to quickly embrace the changes. They immediately loved the setup and embraced doing things in an uncommon way.
It was October of that year that the kids decided, as we were “publishing” our fictional stories, that weI created a brand to represent the uncommon direction we were taking each day.
Shortly after, Creativity Ink, a student nominated brand name, was born.
We continued pushing the boundaries of what that brand meant in regard to creating and maintaining uncommon and meaningful ways to engage with others using reading and writing.
The following school year, we decide to hold holding ELA night monthly events, outside of school,, for our 6th-8th graders to enjoy fellowship and fun with one another and those surrounding our community. We built on that momentum last year as well, and hope to achieve more uncommon and powerful activities for students and families alike in the future.
That was a little bit of history for you about our origin, born this day in 2023.
Here’s to an amazing new chapter with my 5th Grade class in 2026-2027 and beyond!
