Monday went pretty well. It downpoured at the end of the school day and us teachers were sitting there waiting to go until it stopped when I had a sudden urge to go puddle jumping. I’ve gone puddle jumping many a time in my day and perhaps it was unprofessional of me, but no kids were around it was just us teachers and the principals were getting ready to leave. So I convinced Laura Beth to go with me and we went into our plaza and started getting wet, splashing in all the puddles. I was soaked afterwards, but I figured it didn’t matter because I was going to get wet anyways on the walk home from school (which I did).
Wednesday was chapel. We have this schedule of who is supposed to speak in our new chapel for fifth, sixth and Nivelacion and it’s been mainly between Mrs. Lopez and I because Laura Beth teaches class first hour, which chapel runs into. Once Tad came, he and Mrs. Lopez would take turns being with Nivelacion and the older kids. We also have these things called duty roles such as watching the plaza, the cafeteria, at recess, etc so if kids get hurt we see it. When Tad arrived they originally said they were going to incorporate him into those schedules (chapel and duty roles), but never really got around to it. He wasn’t going to mention it until LB decided to remind Mr. Calderon when he made the new chapel schedule. So Tad, even though he feigned annoyance at being put in, is now in the mix of chapel speakers and spoke for chapel. Wednesday we also ended up switching art with seatwork on Thursday, which the kids didn’t mind. We went to town (no rain this time), did our shopping and came back up for the evening.
Friday was parent teacher conferences and giving of the grades to the parents, so the kids left early from school at 1:40pm,which gave us enough time to get set up and dressed up for the conferences. The teachers are supposed to wear their full uniform: jacket, white button up shirt, pants and/or skirt, and tie for guys. Everyone also puts on more makeup and does their hair to look good for the parents. Conferences were from 3-6pm and they went really well. I had most of my parents show up to get their kids’ grades and most of them were satisfied with the progress from the first quarter to the third quarter. A few students had some grades that went down, but it was mainly because of their test scores. It was nice for me to see as their teacher the progress that many of my kids have made academically since the beginning of the year, even if it’s only a little bit; it’s still progress. At 6 we were out of there and starting unwinding and enjoying our Friday evening.
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