We all get there at some time, and in someway, mine happened this morning. Yeah, this Saturday morning, as I was driving to school, on a Saturday... It has been really mild this August and it just feels like we should go to a football game or something... And we will get to soon, since the start of school is the start of football and Fall!
Our students show up Monday. I've been doing this for 10 years, this will be My 6th year at Carver and it comes with many changes. Our Principal and Assistant Principal left for other positions and we have two new young men at the helm. Here’s hoping for a good year.
Of the many things we have going against us in public education, one thing we have going for us is each other. Our staff here at Carver is quality. We love what we do, we love who we teach and we love where we teach. We will be leaning on each other this year and I hope it will make us better and stronger.
along with leadership changes I have taken on more responsibility, serving as athletic director and a few other positions. I have a good schedule and a remarkably small population of students so I am looking forward to learning and developing more as a professional with these new responsibilities.
I spent the Summer developing unit guidelines and mapping out My year. I'm excited to see if it works and we can stay focused in our study and journey through American History. I mentioned long ago I am making My students journal this year and I'm excited to roll that out. I have a lot to be excited for but I am really just excited for the students to get here.
You can only copy, read, meet, discuss, email, organize desks, count books, set up laptops, prep your Google Classroom so much before you just scream “give the the kids already!!!!” this is to say I am ready.
I am ready for EVERYTHING that comes with school. I am ready for school crossing lights to flash.
I am ready for the big yellow school busses to clog up the streets.
I am ready for Parents who trust us with their kids.
I am ready for My colleagues to shatter expectations and succeed with students.
I am ready for Jr High and High school football!
I am ready for Fall and the colors it brings.
But I am ready for the students.
I am ready for their questions, their jokes, their stories, their experiences, their gossip and “drama”, I am ready for them to be at school.
Ive spent a lot of time at My site this Summer. It's become a special place when its empty. I’ve always loved classrooms and how special They can be.
That's not to say it will be easy and all fun... There are things happening in our community and country that impact our classrooms. We have choices to make and there are sides in some of these situations. Keep in mind our profession is in a remarkable postions to be a powerful force of change.
But we have to make those decisions. We have examples...
So, after all the asking and all the prepping, and all the copies, and emails, yeah I’m ready…
Let’s have us a school year #oklaed!
