The First Weeks of School

The first few weeks of a new school year are very exciting- for both staff and students.  Students continue their learning with new teachers, new classmates, and, hopefully, a new topic or subject that gets them  excited to be in school.  Teachers have new students and a new appreciation for their topic or subject matter.  Believe me, it is so much fun to pass on knowledge and information on what one loves!  It is also exciting to see that spark of interest or the light of understanding come on in a student- sometimes it takes extra help and a new way of looking at things.  Here is some of what I have seen around the district these first weeks of school.

• Middle school students excited about band

• Spanish I students making connections to Spanish words by naming foods they like to eat

• Students getting acquainted with their kitchens and setting them up in FCS

• Morning meetings 

• 5^th graders learning how to open a combination lock  

•  Pre-school students learning a song about the days of the week  

• High school science students doing a lesson on categorizing (disguised as a get acquainted lesson) 

• Teachers working collaboratively on writing competencies

• Safety drills

• Kindergarten students learning about letter sounds using the SmartBoard

• 4th grade students writing poem bios about themselves on computers

• A football game where our students played with heart

• Welcoming bulletin boards at every level (I'll write about these in a future posting)

• Peers congratulating our 2016-2017 NH Art Teacher of the Year- Mary Lessard

• 2nd grade students writing their goals for the year (I hope I am better this year in......)

• Middle school and elementary school students excited to pick out books in the library

• High school students working on homecoming floats

• Students working on wall size drawings and information for Constitution Day

• The school nurse taking student temperatures (those back to school sicknesses!)

• Reading teachers screening elementary school students for reading levels 

• Voting

• Snack time

• Physical Education classes held outside in some beautiful weather 

• Teachers sharing books they have read

• An aide assisting a student in a wheel chair  

And so much more!  My favorite part of any day is visiting the schools and talking/helping/listening and being with our students!