School is back in session

Well, we've all survived the first few days of school. It's a struggle for me to make that transition from summer fun, back to the business of education. But I'm getting there.

I've enjoyed these first few days and feel like this will be the best year ever. I am delighted to have so many of you in classes for the second or third time.

I'm curious to know how you spent your summer vacation. Let me share with you about mine.

I read a lot of good books. I went on a road trip with a friend to Breaks, Virginia. The park is in both Virginia and Kentucky. The scenery was beautiful, but the roads were some of the steepest with the tightest curves I have ever driven. It was in coal mining country and that was a new sight for me.

My friend and I were able to go to the Vanderbilt mansion in North Carolina. WOW! What a beautiful mansion! It took us four hours just to see all of the house! Then we wandered around the grounds and shopped.

We also visited with friends in Alabama and because we spent so much time in the car, we talked a lot. My friend is also an educator, in another state.

I was able to attend several great workshops to learn about more technical stuff with computers and be more computer savvy.

I was able to go to Houston and visit with my sister and her husband and be there for my nephew's open house. He got married in another state. So we hosted an open house down here. He married a reading teacher, so she and I got along very well as we discussed our favorite books.

Now that school is in session we've had some pep rallies, reviewed the rules, been to the library and done some good work.

So tell me how you think your school year is going? What are you looking forward to?

Remember the rules about posting here:
1) no names only APPROPRIATE screen names
2) no names of school, city or state
3) appropriate language
4) all posts are sent to me and I have final approval over what appears here.

I am hoping this will be a good place to express your thoughts and ask good questions and share ideas. As we discussed in class, we don't have to agree, but we do need to understand the thought processes used on a topic we discuss.

I thnk we're off to a GREAT year!