And so am I. Back in the real world, away from the freedom of summer. I'm definitely glad to be back with the kids (it always amazes me how much they grow in two months. I think I have a harder time dealing with them getting older than their parents do!) but I'm very sad to see summer's free and open schedule gone. While we did A LOT (have you seen our kitchen) I still don't feel like I finished everything I wanted. There's still so many craft projects, sewing projects, things to be cleaned and organized . . . but, who's to say that I won't be able to do those during the school year? Maybe I'll be better about that this year . . . I'm sure the mister would appreciate it.
I've got some exciting things on tap this year, like Bobcat Pride, our new after-school honors performance ensemble. I'm hoping it will be a great motivator for our kids, and it will give me a chance to do some of the more elaborate performance pieces that I simply don't have the time to do during the year. We have a new curriculum and pacing guide, which is VERY helpful but will definitely stretch my teaching this year. I'll be doing some PD and hopefully getting teachers more comfortable with activities that are friendlier to students who learn kinesthetically and musically. (And no, spell check, kinesthetically is spelled correctly
thankyouverymuch)
It's gonna be a good year. I'm
really really hoping sure of it.
