WOW. It has been busy around here! The main attraction is our new deck (finished!) and almost completed awning...more about that in the next post!!! Also, school ended which is just a crazy time of year in general. This year really has been a good year at my school. And a BONUS...my friend Sabrina got the 4th grade teaching job at my school! Sabrina and I became friends through another staff member/facebook/and the WSU alumni meet-ups! She's awesome and a great addition to our team!
Sabrina and her room key. Notice my empty room...a sure sign of summer!
This school year did end on a good note and a bad note. Good note - all my kiddos made good progress through the year!!! Bad not- I pulled out my back again!!! GRRRR. I did it the weekend before school was officially over - though I was done teaching. I also did it the last weekend our deck was under construction...whoops!
At the end of the year the teacher's at my school send all the buses of with a wave ans screams of enjoyment!!!
The day after the last day of school we had a staff retreat, in part to welcome our new Principal into our family :-) I'm not sure what he thought of all of us...
1st grade
2nd grade...minus one member.
3rd grade
4th grade
5th grade
kindergarten/reading specialists
specialists (music, pe) & the counselor & new Principal
and last but CERTAINLY not least...me and my "special" team :)
It was a survivor themed party because we survived a lot this year. A new school, many deaths of close family members of many different people in the school, lots of new staff, goodbyes and hellos (changing of the principal guards so to speak)...and much much more! And yes, the special ed torch is actually a plunger!!! Hilarious!!!
This will be the first time in 4 years of teaching that I will have stayed at the same school, and even in the same city!!! It was definitely a different feeling at the end. I did not have to pack boxes, say farewell, or move!!! I am excited to see my kiddos next year but am thankful that it is summer vacation!!! I have a few things planned, mainly my family vacation with an extension trip to Chicago in a few weeks. I want to get lots of sewing done, painting (bathroom and awning), really learn to cook - or at least be come better at it and master some quick and easy recipes as well as some slow-cooker recipes!
HELLO SUMMER 2010!!!!!
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