Well it's about 3:00 on the first day of school, and all the kids have gone home. From my view it was a great opening. All of the hard work of the teachers and staff paid off with students all finding their classrooms with little difficulty. It was great to see all of the students with their new shoes, and backpacks, some with nervous smiles, others with big hugs for their friends from previous years.
This morning it was great to meet many of the parents dropping off their students. Sometimes it was difficult to tell who was most nervous.
Today I went to all of the classrooms to introduce myself to the students. I found myself sympathizing with the kindergartners. I found myself unsure of schedules or bells, or where I was supposed to be. It was reassuring to play with Playdough. I have a new favorite student... Kayla in Ms Sperry's class looked up from her Playdough and said she liked me because I was handsome! :)
We are off to a great start, and it'll be a great year!
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Welcome! Glad to have you! And especially online, which is where I work, so it's very convient to be able to bookmark to see what my son's principal is up too!
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(Walker Angus's mom, one of your first graders :D We did have Mrs. Sperry last year and we came in late, so we can sympathize with the chaos of getting everything started!)
Thanks for the note! I hope to be able to host a meet and greet with parents in the next couple of weeks to get to know some of the families a little better. I'll keep everyone posted when I get it scheduled.
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