Starting the Path

Today marks the last day of summer vacation.  Tomorrow, the amazing group of teachers that I work with will report for the beginning of the year.  These couple of weeks before school starts are always some of my favorite of the year.  They represent all the hopes and dreams we have for the coming year.  All our ambitious plans for the year are still in tact.  The student list comes out and, for two weeks, they are all model students.  The energy between teachers comes alive as we share ideas and create plans for the year to come.  We are all still rested from the lazy days of summer.  Friendships are rekindled and stories are told.  The break room is still fully stocked with coffee and creamer.  And then the UPS man delivers boxes full of school supplies, and it is truly Christmas in July! I think these are my favorite weeks because we are looking forward and creating new paths.  Of course we don't know where the road will take us this year, but we start the path anyway because we are adventurers at heart...we are teachers!

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The Adventure Begins!

We are always encouraging our students to grow by trying something new, so here is my NEW for this year.  I am entering the world of blogging!  Like any new adventure, there are some elements that I am excited to embrace and some unknown variables that I know will pop up along the way.  The first adventure was, "What on earth will I name it?".  I found the answer, the same place I find many teacher solutions...Hobby Lobby!

When I saw this I knew my classroom would not be complete this year without it...thankfully Hobby Lobby had it for 50% off.

Other than my affinity for Hobby Lobby, what should you know about me?  Here are the highlights:

• I am a wife of an amazing man, the mother of 3 teenagers, the daughter of the 2 best parents ever, and a beloved child of God! 
• I have been teaching since 1995 and have been in classrooms from PreK-4 through 8th grade.
• I have spent most of those years in Christian education.
• Last year, my adventure was to leave the comfort of the Lutheran School I had been serving for 10 years to jump into the world of an IB school as an MYP Language and Literature teacher, where I learned a great deal about inquiry and criteria based assessment, but above all I learned that I LOVE teaching in Christian schools, so...
• This year I am returning to my FAVORITE school, Crown of Life Lutheran School in Colleyville, Texas, where the new adventure will be teaching Math and Science in a departmentalized 3rd and 4th grade.

I am looking forward to sharing the adventures of my classroom with you!