First day of school 2009

Teachers go back to school today! I started by taking my Macbook to the HS for reimaging. Our entire day was devoted to time spent in our classrooms. Many teachers had been there for days, weeks or the entire month preparing their room. I was pretty much starting from scratch. My first task was to decide how to arrange the room. Quite a challenge because I was one of the lucky receipients of a Smartboard (an interactive white board) with a projector mounted from the ceiling.

It was great to see and talk with staff members I had not seen since school dismissed in June. That took a lot of time-talking to everyone. I also took a trip to West to meet briefly with the new principal, Jim Ruder. Back to East. I needed to hurry up and at least make my room presentable because open house was from 5-7.

Lots of students and parents came by. The most fun part is seeing the faces of the Kindergarteners (now First Graders) from West School when they recognize me and realize I will again be there music teacher. I put on "The Music Man" movie which we will be studying in the fall. The Baraboo Theater Guild will be presenting the musical in November. I found out several staff members will be in the show including the Art Teacher and her son and a Second Grade Teacher.

I'm looking forward to the yearly breakfast tomorrow (cross your fingers for eggs!) and then for staff meetings. Friday will be devoted to music staff meetings where people will be reading this blog. I hope to have an easier place to find it on my website. I'm going to try right NOW!