Updates!

Once again, I've been derelict in my blogging duties! Last week was a bit of a disjointed week with the Veterans Day Holiday. I hadn't posted on Veterans Day, but I did want to say a sincere thank you to all of our veterans who sacrificed to help make this a great country!

Things have been relatively quiet around school. We have been pushing hard as this is the largest block of instructional time and we've been working to gain a lot of ground. It's good to have Thanksgiving Break coming up as I think the students and staff are all ready for a breather.

Speaking of breathers, I needed one today after playing a few rounds of "prison ball" with Mr. Dunlap's 5th graders today. If you're not familiar with prison ball, it is a variation of dodge ball. Basically pick up the balls and try to destroy the opposing team. Even with my best efforts, my team lost.

Speaking of the 5th graders, they have recently completed their science projects, and have their display boards set up in the study area outside the library. They are very interesting, and if you have a chance to check them out in the next couple of days, I highly recommend them.

It was also neat to sit in on a few of the oral book reports given by some of the 7th graders in Mrs. Anderson's class. I was especially impressed by Parker's description of "The Lord of the Flies." I remember reading that intense book when I was in high school, and his descriptions brought back memories for me.

The past few days I've been preparing for our two professional development days next week. While the kids are enjoying the full week off, the teachers and I will be working on Monday and Tuesday. I'm looking forward to those two days, but I'm really looking forward to Wednesday, and having a few days off!