{"id":4620,"date":"2019-07-23T09:30:20","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T13:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/?p=4620"},"modified":"2019-11-18T20:23:17","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T01:23:17","slug":"excerpt-former-teacher-recalls-very-first-day-of-north-star-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/es\/news\/excerpt-former-teacher-recalls-very-first-day-of-north-star-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"Extracto: Un antiguo profesor recuerda su primer d\u00eda en la Academia Estrella del Norte"},"content":{"rendered":"

“I felt my heart being pulled in. As I watched and listened and fought back tears, all I could think was, If this is the first day of school, what is tomorrow going to be like? And the day after that? And the day after that? Where will these children be in five years? In 10? In 15? In 20? And where will Norman and Jamey be?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In an excerpt from her forthcoming book, Hit the Drum<\/em><\/a>, Sarah Tantillo, author and former teacher at Uncommon Schools North Star Academy describes the very first day that North Star Academy opened in 1997. It wasn’t much at first. Co-founder Norman Atkins and James Verrilli led a group of 72 fifth and sixth-graders in a discussion about their Core Values and held their very first Community Circle.<\/p>\n

Read the full excerpt of Sarah Tantillo’s new book at the74million.org.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"Sent\u00ed que me tiraban del coraz\u00f3n. Mientras miraba y escuchaba y luchaba contra las l\u00e1grimas, todo lo que pod\u00eda pensar era: \"Si este es el primer d\u00eda de colegio, \u00bfc\u00f3mo ser\u00e1 ma\u00f1ana? \u00bfY el d\u00eda siguiente? \u00bfY pasado ma\u00f1ana? \u00bfD\u00f3nde estar\u00e1n estos ni\u00f1os dentro de cinco a\u00f1os? Dentro de... 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