Week two!

I was getting a lot of butterflies last Tuesday night as I began thinking about our first day of classes and what the school year will bring.  I was nervous that there was something we forgot to do, or that student schedules would turn out to be messed up in some way, or that something would go wrong with the bus routes and our kids wouldn’t get here on time or get home when they were supposed to.  Of course, everything turned out fine and we had a great start to the year.  Deep down, I sort of knew this would be the case, but I got nervous anyway.  Really I suppose that’s a good sign—I hope the first day butterflies never go away.

So now we’re in week two.  We’ve met all of our kids, gone through our first day routines, and have started getting in to the meat of our opening units.  So here comes our first full week.  With the exception of a fire drill or two, it looks like we don’t have much on the books outside of our regularly scheduled classes so we can really start getting into the groove this week.  This is the time when our teachers begin building those relationships we know are so crucially important to developing successful students, focusing their work on the goals that we are all setting for the year, and again challenging ourselves to get better at what we do each and every day.  The potential I feel for the work we will all do with our students this year is tremendous.  It’s great to have them back and to be getting down to the business of teaching and learning.  Have a great week two, everyone!