My new digs at the elementary school are really nice and I’m very happy with the room (and everything else). The staff is wonderful, the administration/office is great, and the atmosphere is a breath of fresh air.

I’ve spent a week working on the room. I was delayed getting started a day, when a broken pipe flooded our three fifth grade classrooms. Mine was furthest away from the water, and it was cleaned and dried over night, but my partner teacher had to have entirely new flooring and won’t be able to get started on her classroom until Friday, giving her basically one day to get her room ready for the first day of school. A nightmare for her.

Me? I’m ready to go! Let’s get it going! You guys like my new social studies bulletin board? I worked very hard on it!

More photos later.

We were shown the ins and outs of the new math adoption this morning and went over our students’ achievement data this afternoon. More staff development and putting final touches on the room tomorrow and we’re ready for prime time. Gonna be a fabulous new year!