August 15, 2006

• Celina had a song on today that said, “The years were short, but the days were long.”  That is so much like this summer is passing. Each day seems to last forever, but the summer is flying by. I love the school calendar as a work calendar. I’ve never outgrown the need for a summer vacation.

  The past couple of mornings have been spent at school doing diagnostic tests for our new students.  Next I will need to prepare my room.  Once again, I am changing rooms and have to start with empty walls and boxes of books to once more rearrange.  I am really looking forward to this year though. I loved last year working with the high schoolers, but junior high is definitely my favorite age.  I’ll have 21 seventh graders and 5 eighth graders this year.  We use a different school system than most schools.  Our students work independently for most subjects so we are able to have different levels in the same room.  I will have students working from 5th to 9th grade in my junior high class.  Those with learning troubles can work at levels that are successful and productive.  The more advanced students can stay with their peers and yet work above their grade level.

  I never realized how much it takes to get a school year started until I had to do it myself.  I hope it all comes together in time!

  • 8:31 pm
  • 1 Comment