Another Homecoming will take place at Linn Mar High School this week. The school spirit is high and the students are looking forward to a great parade, football game and dance. This week at school wears me out but I do love the excitement ( Read more... )

I got a great rejection letter from Kathleen Quinn of Cartwheel Books. She enjoyed reading my ms about a little girl spending the night at her grandparents. She said the story was enjoyable for the older reader as well as the child. And this is the best part, she said I was a talented writer. But unfortunately, they don't have room on their list ( Read more... )

The new school year has started. In fact we are in the fourth week of school. I have moved to an MD classroom. I love the teacher that I work with. She is very dynamic and positive. Our classroom has freshmen through seniors with many levels of abilities and disabilities. I really like being in this classroom but it requires so much energy. I am ( Read more... )

What a beautiful Independence Day we are having. We will be lighting the grill in about an hour. My husband and I went to a holiday party put on by one of my mentor students. Her parents help her with the party and it is wonderful. They have a pond in their back yard for canoeing and fishing. They have a 3 story home and a pool. They invited about ( Read more... )

It has been awhile since I have added to this blog. I have been busy ending another year at the high school. Ending this year involved not only giving and grading finals but moving two classrooms. I will be with a different teacher next year. I will be in the MD, mentally disabled, classroom. I will be leaving a teacher I have worked with for the ( Read more... )

I had a stressful day yesterday. The stress was both positive and negative. Next year many changes will be made in the way the special ed classes are handled in the high school. All students will be in general ed classrooms except the mentally disabled, the severe and profound, and behavior disorders. A teacher approached me asking if I would like ( Read more... )

I am totally disgusted. In our biology class we have been studying evolution. I find this subject fascinating. We talked about the teacher in Tennessee years ago that dared to teach Darwin's theory of evolution. That teacher and Darwinism were put on trial. Then I rented the video, "Inherit the Wind" for the class to watch. I had told the kids the ( Read more... )

Yesterday my daughter-in-law was offered a teaching position at a year-round school in Mc Henry, Illinois. She accepted and we went out to eat to celebrate. Because Scott is in construction, they felt they could not seriously look at buying a house until Jessica had a job. So not the hunt begins. The school year at the year-round school starts at ( Read more... )

Another gloomy Monday. Where are the Mama's and the Papa's to sing Monday, Monday. I feel I am becoming melancholy. My spring flowers even look a little sad ( Read more... )

I have read every night before bed for so many years that I can't go to sleep until I have read something. My daughter-in-law has started this habit with our little granddaughters. Part of the joy of having the girls staying with us is the reading at bedtime. I love it. I have collected so many picture book over the years. In fact the copy of Eric ( Read more... )