{"id":2928,"date":"2014-05-29T19:14:11","date_gmt":"2014-05-30T01:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/?p=2928"},"modified":"2014-06-02T19:00:41","modified_gmt":"2014-06-03T01:00:41","slug":"michele-retires-from-blake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/?p=2928","title":{"rendered":"Mich\u00e8le retires from Blake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My friend\u00a0Mich\u00e8le Cassavante is retiring after teaching French for 40 years. We were new teachers back in 1974\/5, the first few years after the merger of the boys school (Blake) and the girl&#8217;s school (Northrop). Here are some shots from her retirement party that also included three other long time teachers who are retiring: Bob Teslow, Bruce Archibald and Randy Roberts.\u00a0 Bob and I were there and it was a class act in a beautiful backyard in St Paul (Karen Phillips). I felt a little like Rip Van Winkle &#8212; it has been 30+ years since I taught at Blake. Still, I recall the commitment to excellence and the determination to enjoy life, all at the same time, at a great school.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2929\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2929\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2929\" alt=\"Mich\u00e8le\" src=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6304-450x600.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6304-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6304-112x150.jpg 112w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6304-625x833.jpg 625w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2929\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mich\u00e8le<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2930\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2930\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2930\" alt=\"IMG_6300\" src=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6300-450x337.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6300-450x337.jpg 450w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6300-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6300-625x468.jpg 625w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2930\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mich\u00e8le, right, and her French colleague and great friend Mary Ellen and Mich\u00e8le&#8217;s daughter Celestine.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2931\" alt=\"IMG_6305\" src=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6305-450x600.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6305-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6305-112x150.jpg 112w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6305-625x833.jpg 625w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2932\" alt=\"IMG_6307\" src=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6307-450x337.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6307-450x337.jpg 450w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6307-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6307-625x468.jpg 625w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2933\" alt=\"IMG_6309\" src=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6309-450x600.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6309-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6309-112x150.jpg 112w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6309-625x833.jpg 625w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2934\" alt=\"IMG_6310\" src=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6310-450x600.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6310-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6310-112x150.jpg 112w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6310-625x833.jpg 625w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2935\" alt=\"IMG_6318\" src=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6318-450x600.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6318-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6318-112x150.jpg 112w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6318-625x833.jpg 625w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2936\" alt=\"IMG_6321\" src=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6321-450x337.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6321-450x337.jpg 450w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6321-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6321-625x468.jpg 625w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2937\" alt=\"IMG_6311\" src=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6311-450x325.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6311-450x325.jpg 450w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6311-150x108.jpg 150w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6311-625x451.jpg 625w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2938\" alt=\"IMG_6312\" src=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6312-450x337.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6312-450x337.jpg 450w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6312-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6312-625x468.jpg 625w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2942\" alt=\"Thanks, Bruce Deger, (Mich\u00e9le's husband) for this photo of Bob and me at the party. \" src=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-450x337.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-450x337.jpg 450w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-625x468.jpg 625w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thanks, Bruce (Mich\u00e8le&#8217;s husband) for this photo of Bob and me at the party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My friend\u00a0Mich\u00e8le Cassavante is retiring after teaching French for 40 years. We were new teachers back in 1974\/5, the first few years after the merger of the boys school (Blake) and the girl&#8217;s school (Northrop). Here are some shots from her retirement party that also included three other long time teachers who are retiring: Bob [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2928"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2928"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2944,"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2928\/revisions\/2944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}