Monday, October 31, 2011
Halloween!
This morning we have a flock of fairies and horde of zombies wandering about on campus! Halloween, a school teacher's greatest nightmare! Get the kids hyped up on sugar and expectations of even more sugar tonight, and then let them put on masks! Fortunately, today is a minimum day (I've heard one of the neighboring schools is taking tomorrow off. Mental note to check out that idea for next year!). Also today, we have our talent show at the middle school, and then our parade starting at 12:00 (ending by 12:04). I think I'm letting my bias show through here a bit. Bah humbug!
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Meetings! Yikes!
Two weeks ago I opened up my calendar and saw that I was jammed packed with IEP (Individual Educational Plan) meetings for two weeks straight. Most days had two meetings, and some had three! Yikes! As I looked at them, I saw that most of these were speech IEP, which make sense, as we have 60 days to complete the assessments for an initial IEP, and most all of these were kindergartners who had issues during their speech screening in the first few weeks of school. I'm now plowing through these IEP meetings, and am thankful that there is a great staff on board so as I'm holed up in meetings for what seems like all day, everything functions smoothly. Where would I be without Brenda and Kathy running this place?
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Wednesday
Well, needed to update the blog to stay in the habit of doing so. Last week our Kindergartners went to play with the firemen, and they got to spray the hoses on the fire engines. That is always a fun adventure for our little ones.
We are close to wrapping up our fun run collection period. Last year we collected over $10,000, but so far this year, we are at about $4,000. Certainly seems like the sour economy has taken a bite out of our fundraising campaigns.
Mrs. Reed, our Title I teacher at Black Oak, has left for her maternity leave. We are hugely fortunate to have been able to convince Helen Birtwhistle to come back and fill her old position for the remainder of the calendar year here. It is great to have such a great, caring teacher come back to us!
We are close to wrapping up our fun run collection period. Last year we collected over $10,000, but so far this year, we are at about $4,000. Certainly seems like the sour economy has taken a bite out of our fundraising campaigns.
Mrs. Reed, our Title I teacher at Black Oak, has left for her maternity leave. We are hugely fortunate to have been able to convince Helen Birtwhistle to come back and fill her old position for the remainder of the calendar year here. It is great to have such a great, caring teacher come back to us!
Friday, October 7, 2011
Fun run
Shoot, I'm thought I had posted this last week, but I see I put it in "drafts", as opposed to "post." Here's what I had meant to post last week...
Well today we held both the Black Oak and Twain Harte Middle School fun runs. We had originally scheduled Black Oak's yesterday, but due to the rain, we had to move Black Oaks to right before Twain Harte Middle Schools. On paper it was a good idea, but for those of us (me, mainly) who wanted to run in both of them, it was maybe not the best idea! Anyway, it was a beautiful day, and the kids had a great time running in circles. The 8th graders did a great job helping the littler kids during their fun run, and then the 4th graders had to step up and help when the middle school had their run. All in all it was a successful day, and thanks to all the parents who came to participate and cheer on their runners. Also thanks to the staff who came out to help support, and to Sonny for lending us his sound system.
Parents, remember that students can continue to collect their pledges for their fun run until Friday, October 21st to be eligible for the prizes!
Well today we held both the Black Oak and Twain Harte Middle School fun runs. We had originally scheduled Black Oak's yesterday, but due to the rain, we had to move Black Oaks to right before Twain Harte Middle Schools. On paper it was a good idea, but for those of us (me, mainly) who wanted to run in both of them, it was maybe not the best idea! Anyway, it was a beautiful day, and the kids had a great time running in circles. The 8th graders did a great job helping the littler kids during their fun run, and then the 4th graders had to step up and help when the middle school had their run. All in all it was a successful day, and thanks to all the parents who came to participate and cheer on their runners. Also thanks to the staff who came out to help support, and to Sonny for lending us his sound system.
Parents, remember that students can continue to collect their pledges for their fun run until Friday, October 21st to be eligible for the prizes!
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Rain and the "Supe"
So today we are supposed to hold our fun run for Black Oak, and I'm looking out my window at a soggy mess. I think I am postponing Black Oak's fun run until tomorrow, when they will run just before the Twain Harte Middle School kids. I was holding out hope that it would be clear today, but it is just too soggy.
The plus side to the rain, is we finally got to see how the new blacktop drained, which was a question we've had since it was complete. All of the water on the blacktop now sheets across and runs down to the southwest corner where there are a couple of large storm drains. The paving drains well, with just a few minor "birth baths" where we get some slight puddling. The 4th grade boys are happy about the puddles...
Today we're having a visit by Joe Silva, County Superintendent of Schools, and Margie Bulkin, Assistant Superintendent. This is the first time since I've been here that they have come to visit. It'll be nice to walk them around and give them the nickle tour of our school, and show off all the great things we've got going on here..
The plus side to the rain, is we finally got to see how the new blacktop drained, which was a question we've had since it was complete. All of the water on the blacktop now sheets across and runs down to the southwest corner where there are a couple of large storm drains. The paving drains well, with just a few minor "birth baths" where we get some slight puddling. The 4th grade boys are happy about the puddles...
Today we're having a visit by Joe Silva, County Superintendent of Schools, and Margie Bulkin, Assistant Superintendent. This is the first time since I've been here that they have come to visit. It'll be nice to walk them around and give them the nickle tour of our school, and show off all the great things we've got going on here..
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