My Voice, My Heart, My Life

Today I was blessed with the opportunity to celebrate with the 8th grade class and their families. It's tradition that the parents come together to throw a party for their children. It's a time of celebration, joy, a few tears and enjoying the last moments they have together. It was so wonderful to see them with their family and friends and teachers just having fun. At times it looked like the adults were having more fun. : ) The room was filled with energy and excitement. They know their days are winding down. Only 5 more days before graduation.  The day was filled with mixed emotions. Happiness, sadness, joy and bittersweet. It's hard to image that next year they won't be there. They've done so much traveling together that parting ways will be difficult. But now is not the time to dwell on that. Today was a day of celebration. The love their homeroom teachers have for them and vice versus is undeniable. You can see the great love and time that went into t...

We officially have 24 days or 18 school days left, but who's counting. This will be the earliest that we have ever closed for school. Which means that I will have 2 FULL months of summer off. It's a wonderful thing. At different points in the year it felt as if time stood still and the bird stopped singing. There were days when you couldn't keep up and wished for a few hours more. The school year sense of time is certainly a consistent inconsistency. I look back at the past 9 months and I can't believe we are in our final month. It's a bittersweet moment. The end of this year also marks graduation for our 8th graders. These preteens where my first students ever as a teacher. So I had the pleasure to see them grow from cutie rugrats to beautiful/handsome young ladies and gentlemen. I'm still in awe that next year they're high school freshman. It's hard to fathom. As I see my kindergarten students now, knowing that one day I will be able to say th...