End of Year! and Freshman Houses
Tomorrow finals begin for my students. Wednesday is graduation (which I will be chaperoning) and Thursday is the last day I report to work until the middle of August. I’ve taken an extremely lazy day today, wandering around World Market and Trader Joe’s, sipping Peet’s coffee while reading a magazine, and hanging out on my deck with my dog — again doing nothing work-related. By 6:30 in the evening I’m definitely feeling the guilt of not having spent any time grading yet today. And, unfortunately, I don’t see myself grading any time in the near future! I guess I have my work cut out for me while my kids toil away at their exams.
On a brighter note, I’m looking forward to a meeting with my fellow 9th grade Earth House teachers tomorrow afternoon. All freshmen are assigned a “house” for their first year of high school. The house teachers work together to make the students feel a sense of belonging, recognize students weekly, plan fun events for the students, and generally work together to try to make the students’ year as successful as possible. In tomorrow’s meeting, we will be finalizing a mission statement, working a rough draft of the “Earth House” letter home at the beginning of the year, and coming up with tabs for the binders each freshman will receive at the beginning of the year. At this point, I’m trying to decide what information I most want my students to have behind their “Language Arts” binder tab. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!
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