Hey guys! I know I took the summer off from posting, but summer has officially come to a close. It's the end of August, I've been back at work for two week now, and the kids are coming back on Monday. Heck some districts have even had their kids back already.
A little catching up/update about what's be going on since summer, one of my last posts I was talking about all the changes that were going on in my district. I know I mentioned that I was going to be moving campuses, but I have some good news to share! Before I get to my news, I have a little backstory I need to tell you guys, I love my principal; shes an amazing person. My first year teaching I had recently torn my ACL and I was starting the year off on crutches. My principal made sure to check up on me while I was putting my room together, making sure I wasn't doing anything to further injure myself, like getting up on a swivel chair. She even got onto me if she saw me and I wasn't wearing my knee brace! When my grandfather passed away she pulled me aside whenever she would see me in the hall and ask me how I was doing, even made sure to ask about my mom. Ms. Bell is an amazing person, and I love her so much. I was so sad that I was going to have to leave her this year, but yet again, Ms. Bell proved that she's a wonderful person. I had applied for a transfer back to my original school, but it was looking hopeless. Finally, just before the end of school I got an email from HR asking if I would accept a position back at my school. I was so excited! It was even for Science, that subject where I did my student teaching, and where I had been begging Ms. Bell for a job since she hired me. So I get to stay at my school! I didn't have to move to the new school across town and I'm finally getting to teach Science. Of course Ms. Bell still likes to joke whenever she sees me in the hallway that she's going to switch me back to math, but I'll gladly laugh at her joke, because she has done so much for me. Thank you Ms. Bell, you are the greatest boss I could ask for.
That was a bit of a tangent I didn't think I would be taking when I started to write this, but it was something that i needed to say, and I think its something that you guys needed to hear. This year has also been different because our district has hired a new superintendent, Dr. LaTonya Goffney. I got to hear her life story, and her passion for education when we had convocation this year. I'm not going to lie, I was a little apprehensive when we hired a new superintendent with all the other changes that were going on in with dissolving the intermediate campuses, and opening several new schools, but she erased all doubts from my mind. Dr. Goffney could take over the world if she set her mind to it, and I'd gladly be on her side. Convocation was freaking amazing! We had the performing arts group put on a show for us, I got to see some of my former students, Ron Clark was there. Yeah, THAT Ron Clark! That was just what I needed. I left feeling so pumped, I can only imagine how amped up everyone else felt.
Okay so now that I'm done going over those two things, I feel like I've already talked a lot, and I haven't even really gotten to the point I've wanted to make and I haven't even started talking about all the magic that was Ron Clark! I'm gonna have to make this a two part where tomorrow I make sure I talk about the major important message that's been laid on my heart.
Tl;dr- Thank you Ms. Bell you're amazing and thank you again for bringing me back to Lewis!!!!
Happy Learning,
Casey
Oh no, a cliffhanger!
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