Best Week Yet

This past week was my favorite week of teaching. It was very eventful and very exciting. It was spirit week, so all of the students were dressed up each day based on a daily "theme." Monday was pajama day (and the students proceeded to think they could sleep through each class), Tuesday was "twin day" (my co-planner and I wore a white shirt and black tie), Wednesday was "small learning community" color day (my small learning community wore purple, and Friday was sports day. It was fun to see the students out of their typical uniforms and in their street clothes--I got a better sense of their unique personalities.

Wednesday was also the pep rally. All of the high school students filled the gym and participated in chants and games and such. The sports teams' rosters were announced and school spirit was everywhere. It was great to see. At the end of the pep rally, I played in the senior vs. faculty basketball game. It was only 5 minutes, but it was intense! The students really thought they could beat us. They were wrong. We won 7-6. I had 2 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, and 10 seconds of dribbling around a student at half court. The place was nuts. They booed us...

Then on Friday was the homecoming dance. I volunteered to chaperon, so I got to monitor the dancing and see all of my students having a good time outside of the classroom. It was fun. I thought I knew what crazy, young dancing was like, but, let me tell you--I don't. Yikes.

In other news, I'm going to be the ski club advisor. One Saturday a month I'll be taking some students skiing. I've been skiing twice...

Hope all is well!