Monday, August 19, 2013

Back to School

Another school year is upon us. I can't believe how fast summer went by. But now it is time for fall and football season, which totally makes having to go back to school worth it. Today, I begin my 5th year of teaching. Woah. It seems like only yesterday I was spending these August days in the Phi Mu house at Recruitment, not teaching 6th graders. I have a lot of goals for myself this school year and I just want to take things one day at a time.

I am still teaching 6th graders for reading and language arts. However, our curriculum has changed a lot so I am going to get to try some cool new things with my kids this year. I am also going to be coaching volleyball again this year which I am really excited about. Unfortunately, my co-worker who was the head coach last year has left our school which means I am officially the head coach this year. While this is an exciting opportunity, I am mildly terrified of being head coach because that means I have to actually figure out how to do all the paperwork and make important decisions during the game. Scary. Luckily, I have a rockin' assistant coach who is going to help make my life a lot easier :)

My favorite part of starting a new school year is getting to decorate my classroom. I put so much time and effort into decorating my classroom. I am so OCD about it and I have to make sure it is 100% perfect before the first day of school. Yes, I am a little insane about my classroom but I spend 8 hours a day trapped in there so I want it to be a place that I actually don't mind spending so much time in. Plus, I get to put fun, crazy stuff in my classroom that I would never actually put in my real house.

I present my classroom for the 2013-2014 school year...


 In my classroom, not a single window or ounce of wall space is without decoration. 



Since my school is an IB school, every year each team has to choose a country to represent. 
My team is representing Germany this year and I am pretty excited about it since I've been there. 

Best wishes to all the students and teachers going back to school today!

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