Mr. Ivan, The Principal Poet
Ivan Kershner, known to students and colleagues alike as Mr. Ivan, has been writing poetry for more than 40 years. With titles such as "Bringing Elephants to School," "A Bad Report Card," and "The Week Before Spring Break," Mr. Ivan's poems should ring familiar to all educators. Click a title below, and enjoy!
A New Way of Thinking
Bringing Elephants to School
Crayons
Wearing Costumes to School
Taking Tests On Mondays
Geography
Inside Recess
All the Stuff I Know
Pencil Billy
Teacher's Questions
The Bad Report Card
Sitting In the Hallway
Retention
The Garden in My Classroom
The Week Before Spring Break
Friday
"Don't Call on Me" List
Gravity
Excuses!
Hall Lockers
Front Of The Line
Homework
The Teacher's Messy Desk
The Substitute Teacher
The Silent E Poem
The Mouse In School
The Lunch Line Pioneer
The Big Test
Lost 'N Found
My Students
One Child Left Behind
School Bus
Recipe For Trouble
Locker Clean-Out
Summer
Summer Vacation
Meet Ivan Kershner
Ivan Kershner, known to students and colleagues alike as Mr. Ivan, has been writing poetry for more than 40 years. During that time he has also been an English teacher in Wyoming, a high school principal in Nebraska and Colorado, an assistant superintendent in Nebraska, and a middle school assistant principal in charge of curriculum and instruction in South Carolina. In 1995, Mr. Ivan received a National Educator Award from the Milken Family Foundation. He also received the Governor's Award for Excellence in Education from Colorado's governor, Roy Romer. Schools or teachers wishing to contact Mr. Ivan may reach him at kershneri@anderson1.k12.sc.us.
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