Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Sweet Sorrow

As much as I hate to see this year come to an end, I must face the May 30 end of year date for the 2007-2008 school year. In the past, I have been very fortunate to have enjoyable, teachable, lovable classes, but either I'm getting older (obviously) and can't remember how good last year's (and the year before...) students were or this year's class is the BEST EVER! First grade teacher Mrs. Porter keeps telling me how great her class is, but I would put my homeroom up against any I've ever taught! They are smart, well-behaved, enthusiastic, loyal, and kind-and every other trait I hope to see in my own son.
50% of our class is in Washington D.C. as of this writing. In all fairness to those students, I can not/will not assign work to be graded while they are gone so all classwork assigned in their absence will not be graded. I do expect the students who remained behind to be honorable in their behavior and complete assigned work to the best of their ability.
Friday is the Camp Campbell Gard trip-yes, it is spelled correctly! Don't forget to pack a lunch and wear clothing suitable for the weather. We will spend lots of time outdoors, rain or shine!
On May 29, our class will celebrate our win for the Walk-a-thon top fourth grade $$ collector. Since so many of our students have siblings/relatives in the winning class from first grade, we have decided to celebrate together. The fourth graders could not decide whether The Bee Movie or Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium was the movie of choice (11-11 vote), so the choice was given to the first graders. Either way, I know the fourth graders are very excited about their guests!