The Joys of Teaching

I cannot even believe how fast this past year has gone! At the beginning of the school year I remember looking through my plan book at how many weeks of school I had and thinking that I wouldn't make it. Today I looked back through my plan book at all of my plans from all of the weeks of school that we've gone through and I just don't even know where the time went! It's hard to believe that I have one more week left with these kids.

The end of the year really hit me hard today because with year-round school you've always got a couple of kids that have family vacations and things the last week of school, so their last day of school comes a little bit before the rest of the class. It was one of my little girl's last day of school today and it was a lot harder than I expected it would be. She waited until all of the kids had left the room and came up to give me a goodbye hug. After a quick hug, she pulled away and had tears streaming down her face. Needless to say, I lost it too. We hugged again and both just sobbed. It's especially hard with these kids because they know and I know that I will probably never see them again because we're moving. As I watched this little girl leave my room for the last time, I was heart broken. Who could have know that you could get so attached to these kids?! I really feel so blessed to have the job I do. There's almost nothing more rewarding than helping kids realize all of the good they can do and what they're capable of.

Over the past few weeks we had some class field trips, so I wanted to post some pics of my kids on those trips. We went to Timpanogos Cave to look at rock formations and to Camp Floyd to learn about what life was like during the Civil War.