Beth Pinyerd Articles

An educator’s heart

BY BETH PINYERD OPINION — I would like to share a very special heartfelt tribute in Classroom Observer this week for a teacher and principal who was truly a light and pillar for the Opelika Community over many years. This is a tribute of gratitude to Miss Virginia...

Parades, hearts and honesty

CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER OPINION — After living in Mobile for so many years, I want to say Happy Mardi Gras to Classroom Observer readers by tossing you a moon pie and saying, “I Love You to the Moon and Back!”Mardi Gras is celebrated all over the world. Parades...

How many more weeks of winter?

BY BETH PINYERD CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER OPINION — Today is of historical interest, as it marks the anniversary of the first meeting of the United States Supreme Court on Feb. 1, 1790. The Supreme Court is the highest federal court in the land, consisting of nine...

Winter needs snow, soup, sleep, sharing

BY BETH PINYERD CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER OPINION —My little dog, Cookie, keeps this fur Mom on a regular routine and schedule. At 6 a.m. she wakes me up for her morning walk. She and I go through the seasons of early morning walks which I love as I see the light of...
Children Love Newspapers

Children Love Newspapers

“Newspaper in Education Week” is this week, March 6 through 10. “The Observer” is “for local people, by local people” which includes children....

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Children Love Newspapers

Love Returned To Heal a Heart

As an early childhood teacher, I love the month of February. Readers, if you want to be loved, and to have heartfelt joy and happiness, spend time...

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Spring Begins To Tickle Our Senses

A Snow Blizzard of Kindness

This past Christmas I spent 11 wonderful days with my son, Gus, and his wife Alison in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Each year at Christmas I have prayed...

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