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VA Middle School Students Use Rubin for Cursive Signatures, Ask for Lesson Extensions
What happens when a group of middle school students enjoy a lesson so much that they ask the teacher for additional activities on the same topic?
First, you check everyone’s temperature and make sure the class is feeling OK 🙂
Then, you are grateful for a moment of educational bliss.
That was the situation in October 2025 within the walls of Oscar Smith Middle School in Chesapeake, Virginia. CTE teachers at the school incorporate activities from Rubin’s Emerge employability skills curriculum on a weekly basis.
The teachers weren’t sure how it would go with an activity called, “How to Sign Your Name in Cursive.” Would the students understand why it’s important to know how to write a first and last name by hand?
The answer: an emphatic yes. The students loved the activity and took pride in the newfound ability to put their own name on paper. What’s more, the students asked for lesson extensions to complete ADDITIONAL cursive writing.
Some days, you take the win and you don’t look back.
“We’re giving students a lesson that is important to them,” said Dr. Anna Helmer, CTE program administrator for Chesapeake Public Schools. “As well, we connected the lesson with state standards for workplace readiness. A true win-win.”
What happens when a group of middle school students enjoy a lesson so much that they ask the teacher for additional activities on the same topic?
First, you check everyone’s temperature and make sure the class is feeling OK 🙂
Then, you are grateful for a moment of educational bliss.
That was the situation in October 2025 within the walls of Oscar Smith Middle School in Chesapeake, Virginia. CTE teachers at the school incorporate activities from Rubin’s Emerge employability skills curriculum on a weekly basis.
The teachers weren’t sure how it would go with an activity called, “How to Sign Your Name in Cursive.” Would the students understand why it’s important to know how to write a first and last name by hand?
The answer: an emphatic yes. The students loved the activity and took pride in the newfound ability to put their own name on paper. What’s more, the students asked for lesson extensions to complete ADDITIONAL cursive writing.
Some days, you take the win and you don’t look back.
“We’re giving students a lesson that is important to them,” said Dr. Anna Helmer, CTE program administrator for Chesapeake Public Schools. “As well, we connected the lesson with state standards for workplace readiness. A true win-win.”
