It finally happened.... The students were dismissed for the day and suddenly we hear hysterical crying outside the doors ( Read more... )

GO Patriots .........

PLEASE beat the Steelers so I can do some serious gloating in Eagles/Steelers country down here!!!!!

Scene: Students are taking a fill in the blank portion of a test. There is a word bank available at the top of the page ( Read more... )

This is the 3rd day in a row of snow days ( Read more... )

The first 2 hour delay of the season! These are fine. Extra time in the morning yet another day is not tagged on to the end of the year.

They delay or cancel school for the slightest inclimate weather. Far cry from growing up in Vermont. Right Fayespike! They NEVER canceled school for snow or freezing rain!

My roommate at Gordon got married this weekend ( Read more... )

It was a wonderful and much needed break from the daily grind.

It is really nice, however, that I have Monday off too.

"Why" you ask? Duh, first day of hunting season. We have the day off thanks to the male obsession with finding a buck with antlers large enough to prove their manhood. :)

So what does this say about the state I live in?

Heard the news that we are officially moving to the new building next year ( Read more... )

It's been a while, I know. I finally got internet hook-up in my apartment. (Great place by-the-way) I have internet at school but web sites like this are blocked district-wide for, I guess, obvious reasons. Good to catch up on all the news of late. A lot has happened in the last few months and I am happy for those with joyous news and sad with ( Read more... )

I got through the first week and the students did not in fact duct tape me to the chair. (Mind you, I hid it far from their reach ( Read more... )