With New Zealand flags in hand, sixth graders, teachers, and administrators give an enthusiastic CCLCS send off. Huzzah!
I’m off! Months of planning, preparing, anticipating, and sitting on the edge of my seat are over. I’ve been pried from my teaching desk and waved away. Thank you! It is with tremendous gratitude toward my school community that I embark on this adventure. I appreciate the multitude of ways that you have supported and encouraged me.
The picture on the opening page of my blog is Corporation Beach, thousands of miles from Wellington. Why not New Zealand? Because heading out on a journey makes one all the more appreciative of home, the familiar and the secure. I’m launching from a place of deep love, both for the place that I live and for the people who live there.
I could go on, but my suitcase is calling and I still have 14 pages left of the 520 pages of the Penguin History of New Zealand. Onward!
Susannah teaches language arts at Cape Cod Lighthouse Public Charter School. After deep dives into the study of Native American histories in New England, she received a Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching to travel to New Zealand in 2019 to study the teaching of difficult history and colonization in New Zealand's schools, with a focus on the experiences of Māori students. She is currently working on projects centered on indigenous knowledge and agriculture. Susannah holds degrees from Colby College and the University of South Carolina and is a National Geographic Certified Educator, an NEH Summer Scholar, and a lifelong Cape Codder.
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Ramblings In New Zealand 
Good luck!
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Have the time of your life Susannah! So thrilled you are on your way. Can’t wait to read your blog!
Hugs,
Sue
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