It is midweek and I think I’m ready for a weekend!

I need to get back into “school shape”. My feet and ankles ache from walking up and down halls and stairs all day long! I enjoy my work but I feel it at the end of the day.

Patrick and Aubree had their first day of school today. The word was that the first day went pretty well. Aubree doesn’t like her science teacher’s voice. Patrick thought things were too chaotic. But I think both of them enjoy being back around their friends and getting back into the swing of things. Both of them look tired. It shouldn’t be a problem getting them to go to bed tonight!

Is it bad that I’m already looking forward to a three day weekend on Labor Day?

I’m working closely with a group of teachers on a pilot project of 9th grade teams. A lot of research shows that the 9th grade year is so critical and that the enormity of a large high school leaves many kids lost. I have cohorts of kids that have the same core teachers which are located in close physical proximity to each other. I am also very interested in the teachers integrating what they are doing in class with what the other teachers are doing. I’ve asked them to create some projects and thematic units which will tie knowledge from the various disciplines together. I’ll be monitoring it very closely and I have high hopes.

I took Aubree shopping for school clothes last weekend. We visited stores all over the mall, trying to combine my idea of value with her idea of fashion. I think both of us ended up fairly pleased at the end.

I’ve also watched some of the Olympics with a particular interest in basketball, track and field, and of course the incredible Michael Phelps. What an extreme competitor Phelps is! I felt like I was an eyewitness to a legend being born. It is a sign of my age that I also remember Mark Spitz setting the medal record that Phelps broke.

So how is YOUR week going?
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