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There’s something about a live oak in a cemetery. Protecting the peace of the passed.  Was it alive when these people walked the earth and lived off the sea?  Did they rest against it to visit their loved ones? Do they benefit now from it’s strong silence, shade, fortitude? Do they appreciate the birds that lite and sing?

Does it get nourishment from them becoming earth again? Does it intertwine with them, giving them new life?

Congratulations to Spring Valley Elementary School special education resource teacher Sajdah Ali, who will be presenting two workshops through the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching this spring: Jot It Down! Literacy Narrative Writing for Students with Learning Differences and Disabilities and Building an Inclusive Classroom: Creating Differentiated Learning Using Digital Technology. Ali has worked for DPS for nine of her 12 years in education as a speech clinician, classroom teacher, case manager and instructional coordinator.