Monday, May 24, 2010

Last Day!

So today was the last half day of school.

Yeah, I know. A half day on a Monday. Why bother? Honestly, I don't know why we did it like this this year, but we did. Teachers, however, have two more days to report for in-service, including one day that's a make-up for the snow days we had earlier this year.

We actually managed to get report cards handed out on Friday, so we didn't have to deal with that. It was, honestly, a fairly nice morning. The kids that showed up (19 out of a homeroom of 26) helped do some packing, ate some snacks and watched The Sandlot and had a pretty nice time. And then, of course, we waved the buses goodbye which is my favorite end of the year tradition.

I had, for the most part, a pretty good group of kids this year. And if you compared them to the group from the previous year, they were angels. I'm going to miss seeing some of them every day. Some of them I'd take home and keep in a heartbeat. Some of them already have good character and I know will be successful in life. I'm proud of many of them.

On a good note, I've received some really nice graduation announcements from some of my former students. That's always nice to see because kids don't always remember their middle school teachers like they do their high school teachers. Mrs. Eagle and I will be going to commencement on Thursday and I'm looking forward to seeing some of my kids walk across the stage and get their diplomas. It's nice knowing you may have had a small part in getting that kid to that point in his or her life.

And better yet? One of my girls from way back came by today and invited me and Mrs. Bunny to her graduation. She's going to be going to Eastern Kentucky University this fall and will major in Chemistry! A scientist! I'm so proud of her. I love it when our kids do well!

6 comments:

Mister Teacher said...

Lucky!!!
But you get to make up snow days with in-service days?? That seems a bit odd.

Miss Sub said...

I swear the school year was just starting...

Sneaker Teacher said...

You made it! Congrats!

Mrs. Bluebird said...

Mr. Teacher...the School Board forgave one snow day for the kids. However, the teachers still owed time on our contract so the powers that be decided to throw in an in-service. It actually worked out quite well as we're going over a new positive behavior program we're going to roll out next fall.

http://dkzody.wordpress.com said...

You all are amazing. All those snow and flood days off and you still manage to finish school weeks before we are out. I am very impressed.

Mrs. Bluebird said...

Well, we do start the first week in August...plus added time to the school day to make up the snow days.