End of the school year...

It’s the end of the year
Time for end of year buzz
Does this mean what I think?
I’m afraid that it does

7th graders are ferocious
Did you see the food fight?
8th graders are precocious
They always are right…(ha)

The TAKS test is done
The kids think that’s all
Let’s have some fun
They yell down the hall

NO! we reply
We have much more to do
We have lessons on PI
And final tests too!

No way! Not cool!
they say in a fuss
The count down has started
You can’t make us

But they sit in their seats
as the count down goes on
They learn all their lessons
before time is gone.

It’s the end of the year
it’s time that they leave
we have counted the days
it is hard to believe

It’s the end of the year
The bell rings and they go
The halls are all clear
We will miss them you know.

-Stacy Bristow

New year

The new year is here!! A lot has happened since my last blog! I am not going to go into detail, but 2009 was amazing and 2010 is going to be even better!

Summer

It has been a whirlwind of a summer so far! George and Reba, twelve days in Greece, a very short visit with the family, and now some down time. I have a bit of reading to do to get ready for the school year. We are going to be reading these books: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, A Midsummer Night's Dream, That Was Then This is Now, Pygmalion, and a couple of others I can't remember. I have my work cut out for me! I have posted my pictures from Greece here... That's is all for now!

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School is out! What a wonderful feeling! I have decided that summer is not for the students to have a break from the school work, but for the teachers to have time to recover from the craziness!

I have a busy summer ahead of me, it all started last night with the very awesome George Strait and Reba concert. It was at the new Dallas Cowboy's Stadium! We had an awesome time. I have posted some of the pictures from that.

The next thing on my agenda is a little trip to GREECE! I am super excited and ready to go!! When I get back I have a couple of classes to attend, then it is home to spend a VERY short time with Jennifer, Roma, and the Boys before they go back to Portland.

After that I will jump on getting ready for next year. I have a lot of awesome things going on at work! I will be teaching a few Pre-AP 8th grade classes!! t really is a huge compliment for my boss to pick me for this position, it shows that he has great confidence in my teaching ability. I just hope I can do it! I am not sure what else I will be teaching, I have 6 classes total and pre-ap takes up two.

I also have been asked by the district to be a facilitator at the beginning of the year orientation for the district! I will be helping teach teachers some new stuff we will need for the next year!! This was also a huge compliment coming from the head of the language arts department for the district!

Anywho, I have a little summer job tomorrow taking some pictures. So I better get some sleep!

GREECE!!!

The plane tickets have officially been bought!! We are leaving on the 10th and will return on the 22nd!!!! Yay for Greece!

Relay For LIFE!

This weekend I participated in the Wylie Relay for Life. I raised $250 this year! Thank you for donating!!! Next year I want to raise $500, so start saving! The relay is a very rewarding experience. Our team alone raised $3,877. All together Wylie raised over $90,000. We are going for over $100,000 next year. I have embedded a video with my pictures from the night. I walked 14 miles in 12 hours! I have a busy week shaping up this week. Tomorrow night is the finals for our volleyball team we are in fourth place!!!! (only out of five teams :P) This weekend I will be traveling to Graham for cousin's wedding! I am so excited, I feel like I haven't been to Graham in forever!!

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Busy Busy Busy

Things are flying now! I have tons going on. Last weekend I had an awesome experience in Waco at Church Under the Bridge. CUB is a place right next to the Baylor campus that serves as a church to anybody who wants to come. We went down and stayed in a volunteer house. On Sunday morning we found our way to the bridge right across the street from Baylor. There around 200 homeless people waited in line for coffee, and a meal. After helping give out the food, and water we had church. It was very cool being out under I-35 with semi-trucks blazing above while we prayed. That is what the pictures are from.


Tomorrow night I have my NJHS induction, Friday night is our Relay for Life walk. we came in 5th place out of 60 teams in donations raised. Thank you for donating!!! Saturday night I am going to see Steele Magnolias in McKinney, next weekend is Lacy's wedding, then the weekend after that is Mother's day, followed by the weekend of Trish's housewarming!! Lots of awesomeness happening.

I think that Shelly and I have changed our minds about our travel. I believe we have decided to go to Greece instead!!! We are still waiting for her time off to be approved but It probably will be! I am super excited about this. I guess that is all for now.