Counting down to 180...
5!
Rehearsing for a Culmination on Zoom.
Hopefully, our last culmination on Zoom.
4!
It was different,
but the excitement of the day remains the same.
Balloons, Graduation Leis, Candy Baskets, and Teddy Bears too!
It's not a graduation,
but a celebrating of completing a year.
So happy that every child had someone show up for them,
and lots of photos of a special event in their lives and mine.
3!
If they only knew,
that I learn just as much,
if not more,
than they learn from me.
Today my teen had to leave his "game" room.
He agreed to work this summer.
He wasn't happy about it,
but he committed.
Ironically,
it's at an Early Childhood Education Center,
working with young children with special needs.
#justlikeme
He survived,
and maybe even liked it a little.
2!
When you make a chore a part of play.
End of the year cleaning and organization is no joke.
I thought last year was tough,
but this year was probably tougher.
Teaching from behind a mask,
weekly covid testing,
quarantine,
closed campus,
and students performance webinars,
it was different.
But we still managed to establish routines,
laugh, sing, dance, and play everyday,
identify letters and numbers,
go on six field trips,
makes friends,
build relationships,
and find the joy in learning.
Off to Kindergarten!
My last photo collage for parents of the year
is probably my favorite.
It's a side by side from the first day to the last day.
Amazed at how they have grown!
Privileged to be a part of their lives,
honored to watch them grow.
#dowhatyoulove #lovewhatyoudo
After 6 years in ETK-PCC,
I decided to make a change.
I love teaming,
but wanted to go back to a self-contained class model
so that I could teach in a more systematic way again.
UTK offered that opportunity.
I'm excited,
and a little sad
that I won't have the best TA's to work along side me.
Change is growth.
I want to keep growing.
I was pushing a carpet up the ramp and
asked him if he could open my room.
He didn't know me,
and he was busy,
but he helped me out.
Then he told Bryce to make good choices.
Bryce still remembers him.
He will retire officially in August,
but we celebrated him today.
There are good people in the world.
He is one of them.
Today, we celebrated the end of my 35th year.
Today, we celebrated his first.
I am ready for summer!
It's been exhausting
and I need the time to
regroup,
reorganize,
refresh,
rethink,
repair,
and rebuild my relationship as a parent of a teen.
But first I have to finish my CUMS,
and attend CGI training next week...
#teacherslife
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