The first two days of school have been great. I have three new students in my classroom: a brother/sister pair (one in each grade, children of the new 1-2nd grade teacher) and a classmate of theirs from their old school (it closed down this summer). They have already acclimated to Immanuel and are fitting right in with their classmates.
My favorite first day of school memory: The 1-6th graders were out at recess together and a big group of them played gaga ball. The 3-4th graders were called in and my class waited for a 6th grade boy to start the round again. He kept holding the ball practically shouting, "3-4th graders are supposed to go in!" Everyone looked around like, where are those sneaky 3-4th graders who didn't listen? He repeated this message two or three more times. I didn't see anyone left from Mr. D's class, so I said so. The 6th grader pointed to two fifth grade boys standing against the side of the gaga pit, "They're right there! Those two are in Mr. D's class and they didn't go inside!" We all stared at him. I finally said, "Uhh, those two are 5th graders now. They're in our class..." Ohhh! Lightbulb moment. Two seconds later we were back to playing.
My least favorite first week of school memory: Our IT guys are up to their usual standard practice. My most frustrating moments these two days have involved tech not being ready for us. They took all the student laptops over the summer to update them and didn't return them until last night. Their excuse to Mr. E, "You told us school started next week!" Nope. Definitely not. Even though we had devices today, about half the class couldn't use their accounts because their password was incorrect or their account didn't have permission to use the programs they needed to use. Ultra frustrating. But I talked to the IT guys after school and it seems like the bugs are worked out...
I've had two late nights at school. For whatever reason I have a ton to get done and it's either taking longer to do it, or more people are talking to me/adding things to my list before I can leave. Thankfully I've been eating good even with these late nights. Last night Mr. E grilled me chicken and a pork chop (with a spinach salad on the side), and tonight Dad took me out to eat after dropping off mom and one of my sisters in Mankato.
I'm trying to work ahead on things for next week so I don't have to lesson plan over the weekend. My sister is in a jiu jitsu competition in Las Vegas and I'm flying down there to cheer her on with my mom! I leave after school tomorrow. So, not a very restful weekend ahead, but a fun one for sure!
