When is the “right” to retain a student? Every year we deal with this question and every year it is the same question we must answer, what good will it do? This year was no different. We started off the
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Juggling Glass Cups, Plastic Balls, and Ghosts
Teacher Appreciation Week is usually a week filled with cards, flowers, candy, and lots of good food. Although it may not always show, we really love our teachers. Teachers help parents guide their children through the ups and downs of
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Winding Down or Planning for Next Year?
It’s the time of the year all teachers look forward to! It’s the end of the school year! Time to celebrate and reflect. Here are some of the questions we reflect about: Are these kids ready for the next grade?
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What I Will Remember
Today was 8th grade promotion parade and I didn’t take a single picture. I did, however, snag a screenshot of a friend’s video for this blog post after the day was over. My district does promotion parades for all the
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Have you ever wondered what goes on in the minds of your students? What are they thinking as they sit in class? As you greet them? When they walk out of the door and onto the next grade
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Should You Stay or Should You Go Now?
It is that time of year when contracts start rolling out and decisions start getting made. Teachers around the state, and around the country, need to decide what their plans are for next year. Return? Quit teaching? Change positions? Change
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When Big Changes Happen
This is a bittersweet blog for me. I have been working in the same district, but different schools, for the last 9 years. I absolutely LOVE this district because they truly care about the community, the staff, the kids, and
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High Stakes Testing: Friend? Foe? Neither?
I use to say April belongs to testing as this was the month my district began high-stakes state testing. Now, they start in March and end in May. That means high-stakes testing consistently touches the climate in my class for
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Inspired by Ms. Frizzle
The end of the year is near. You can feel it in the chaotic hallways. Yearbooks are being passed out. Teachers have the end of the year craziness condensed into a schedule complete with field day, extra daily duties, and
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