Day 81: PC- Joy Hofmeister (8/14)

We are officially reporting to school today. Putnam City has a full district gathering and we were lucky enough to here Joy Hofmeister speak, this was the second time I've seen her. In the first seven years of teaching, how many times did I hear previous State School Superintendent? Not once. So far, she has nice points in her favor. After we have this conference, we get to work in our classrooms for the rest of the day. I really needed that time. I've been helping Sami out a lot that I am a little behind. I'm not worried, I just wanna get it done. 

Day 80: Still Syncing iPads (8/13)

Son of a *****, I am still syncing these iPads. I hope I can get it done before school starts. Out of 35 iPads, I have 12 that are giving me some fits. 

Day 77: Syncing iPads (8/10)

I GOT iPADS FOR MY CLASSROOM THIS YEAR!! I am super excited! I didn't have them last year and was always checking them out from the library. I was so lucky to get them this year. I went up to the school today to learn how to sync them and create profiles. It was harder than I thought and I didn't get it done today. It was running really slow and there were so problems. I know that I will have to continue doing this for a few days. However, you can't rain on my parade because I have a class set of iPads!!

Day 72: Feed the Children (8/5)

Once a month, teachers of different districts are able to get free supplies from Feed the Children. Sami Jo and I decided to check out the first day it was open. WOW! There were a lot of teachers there! Whataburger was sponsoring the event and was giving out free food. I don't think it was such a good idea to go on the first day. A lot of the good stuff was gone by the time we got in. Oh well, there's always September. :)

Day 44: EngageOK (7/8)

Today, Samantha and I attended the EngageOK professional development in OKC. We heard Joy Hofmister talk and attended two sessions today. Strategies to Engage and Motivation Students and and Engaging Students with Technology. It's a nice way to ease into August and nice to learn about new things over the summer. 

In addition, this picture also shows the great jean vest I got at Target on sale for $15 yesterday! Score!!

Day 20: Night out at Fassler Hall

This summer has been so much fun. The kids are all at a fun age. Eisley's personality is really starting to become known, Rallie and Wes are beginning to talk and learning so much and Gavin is a ball of energy. I haven't done much but hang out with them finding fun things to do, so most days when Rennie goes to work, Rallie and Wes say, "No, Mommy, bye-bye?" I love my kids but I need some time to myself.

So getting together with friends is such a blessing, tonight we went out to Fassler Hall in Midtown. I really have enjoyed moving back to Oklahoma City since leaving to move to Guymon. I love this City. I can't imagine living anywhere else.

This year is going to be so much fun because Sami is going to be working with me at Mayfield. Right now she is going to be the Reading teacher on our team. Tonight's get together was the first team Sam joined us. I look forward to this school year and I love that our teachers get together outside of school. It makes going to work much more fun when you work with friends.