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The Junior Formal

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The Junior Formal was this past Saturday. It turned out great. So much fun!

Matt and I are Junior Class Sponsors, and this was our big event for this year. I was really amazed at how much work the kids were able to get done for this – especially since most of them spent the week before taking a bunch of AP tests. Every time I thought about how much work I had to do, or how stressed I was, I just remembered the AP tests, and the fact that at least I didn’t have to do those!

The theme of the formal was “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” The decorating committee did an awesome job of converting a conference room into a romantic space.

One purpose of the formal is for the juniors to spend some time honoring the graduating seniors. Each of our students adopted one or two seniors. They created awards for the seniors based on their personalities, skills, or gifts. (i.e. Future Photographer, Most Caring Person) One of our students created a slide show with baby pictures of each of the seniors. That was really fun to watch.

Then, of course, there was the dancing part. I was able to get Matt out there for a few dances, but it’s not his favorite thing to do. Well, in truth, it’s not my favorite either, so that works out for us. 🙂 The students, on the other hand, danced for hours! I think some of them would have danced all night if they could have. Oh, to have that kind of energy again!

You can see our pictures here: Junior Formal

There are even more here: VCS Formal Pics

The Mother’s Day Tea

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mtea3One of my favorite Elementary events is the Mother’s Day Tea. It’s so fun to see all the moms and really spend some time celebrating them. Each class performs a skit, poem, or song to honor their moms. While all of these are adorable and very meaningful to the moms, two of the kids said things that I thought were amazing.

First grader: “I love my mom because she loves God.”

Second grader: “I love my mom because when my heart is sad, she knows how to heal it.”

How incredible that a first grader can already see the importance of her mom’s love of the Lord! I think I like the second grader’s quote because it sums up why we all love our moms – they know how to heal our hearts.

I hope you all had a wonderful Mother’s Day!

More pictures here: Mother’s Day Tea

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Elementary Field Day

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We’re a little behind on the blog, but today is the day to get caught up. 🙂

On April 24, the elementary school had their annual field day. This year was a little different for me since I’m a specialist teacher now. Instead of running from event to event with my class, I got to be in charge of one station and work with every class. It was really fun. The students had a great time jumping rope, tossing bean bags, shooting basketballs, sack racing, and beating one another in relays.

You can see lots of pictures here: Field Day

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Broken Headphones

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Student: Mrs. Klein! Mrs. Klein! I cannot hear anything. My earphones aren’t working!

Mrs. Klein: They will probably work if you put them on your head.

Student: Oh! Now they are working!

*Note: You must read the students first part with absolute frustration and the second part with a bit of joy.

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Robotics Insanity

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Anybody know a good robot shrink?

One of my students received this error message when trying to code her robot.

I’m not exactly sure what the “insane object” is. I know where it’s at (BDHP+2A70), and I know what it’s in (“sumo bot.rbt”) Which means… well, it means I don’t have any idea what this means.

Maybe some rogue programmer is trying to insult one my students. Maybe my robots are taking on emotions and personality, and not in a good way. Because insanity isn’t good…right?

In any case, consider yourself warned.