And my seventh graders, ninth graders, sophomores, juniors, seniors, staff, EVERYONE at the high school. Of course they are now all another year older and this year's seventh grade class I never even got to meet.
I love love love my sixth graders and most days I can kind of forget about the high school (no offense to all of you)! But then some days it comes rushing back.
One of the things I had to give up when I was moved back to the elementary was being the Jr. High Knowledge Bowl Advisor. Oh how I loved that job! Quiz bowl type competition with 7th - 9th grade students. So much fun! And I had a great team coming up that was sure to do well. They didn't disappoint. Today on my newsfeed I saw their smiling faces with their Regional second place trophies. So proud of them! So I set out to email/message as many of their parents as I could to tell them to wish them all a big congrats. I got the sweetest email back from one parent, edited to keep the author anonymous:
Hope all is well for you at the middle school. _____________ was very lucky to have you for a teacher for two years. Even though you are a closet Arts and Crafts teacher, ________survived all the artsy projects and actually enjoyed them! Along the way, though, _________learned a lot from you. ........ ........ the sixth graders are benefitting from a great teacher!
I have to laugh at the closet Arts and Crafts - I do like my project based assessment. But I haven't killed any students yet forcing them to use glue, tape, scissors, prezi or powerpoint. And I love that parents can have a sense of humor about it.
I can't tell you how much that simple email was a pick-me-up today. I encourage all students or parents just to take 5 minutes out of your day and thank a teacher that was important to you or made you smile. It will make their day guaranteed!
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