So last week was Spirit Week. This is new for the school, part of our SWPBS program, and was implemented to coincide with our High School's homecoming. Why not? These kids will belong to this high school in a short while, so might as well get them used to it. What surprised me was how much they got into it, especially since this was new.
It also gave teachers a chance to dress in jeans and other casual wear for an entire week.
Monday was school colors day which was a huge hit (red, white and blue). Tuesday was Twinsie Tuesday and kids, and staff, dressed alike. Loved the kids who dressed like The Enforcer, complete with coffee mug. (Mrs. Eagle and I dressed alike). Wednesday was Nerd Day, and again was really popular (lots of bow ties and pigtails). Thursday was Throwback Thursday and that was HUGE.
I, in particular, was looking forward to Throwback Thursday so I could relive my punk rock days. Since I happen to have a 1979 promo t-shirt for The Clash, black jeans, black Keds, lots of rock pins from the punk era, I went back to my favorite musical era. I even found some pink hair chalk and turned my hair pink which the kids loved. My favorite part of the outfit however, were my props - actual vinyl records from my collection by The Clash, the Ramones, and The Sex Pistols.
I took a few minutes to show the kids my records because, at 12-13 years of age, these kids definitely aren't that familiar with them. Many had heard of them, but hadn't really seen up close (defined as "allowed to touch" a real one). However, the best comment of the day came from one guy in my homeroom who asked, "Do you have one of those machines that you play it on?"
It took me a minute to realize he was asking if I had a record player, or turntable. Which I do. At home. But I never thought of it as a "machine to play a record on"...
And Friday was Green and Gold day and The High School won, for like the first time in a decade, their Homecoming game!
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