Christmas Break!!!

On a happier note, my first semester is now over and I have a few days off to relax and spend some quality time with my family! Semester exams are over with and grades have been entered...I will, of course, have to do some lesson planning while I'm off, but...not tonight! ;)
I hope next semester goes by smoothly as well. I feel much more comfortable in my position now, but am still figuring things out and coming up with different ways to do things if I remain in the same position next school year.
If you're the praying type, please continue to pray for me as well as the multitudes of others who work in our nations schools. It's not as easy as 'Joe Public' thinks it is!

Merry Christmas!

~Mrs. P

Tragedy

I am wary this morning (the first day back to school after the terrible tragedy in CT) to send my kids (and myself) back to school. What is this world coming to when a parent can't rely on the fact that their child will return safely to their arms at the end of the school day? I'm not here to point fingers or lay blame, but somethings gotta give! Every educator, administrator, and assistant I know would, without hesitation, do whatever it took to protect their students! And that fact makes me proud to be an educator! But in this day and age, in this country, the schools should not be a war zone!! I am not fully educated on the whys and hows of what happened, but to be perfectly honest, I don't even care! I just don't want to dread going to work or dropping my own children off at school for fear of what may happen... Prayers go out to every parent, child, and school employee this morning.