To the night before the first day of school. We may have been sad about our summer coming to an end, but our stomachs were undoubtedly full of butterflies, our hearts skipped a beat, and our palms were maybe even a tad sweaty.
To me, there's nothing like the anticipation and excitement that comes along with the first day of school. Packing a new lunchbox, picking out a new outfit... Yes, I still do these things, and enjoy every minute of it!
Why, you may ask, am I referencing the first day of school on April 8th?
Well, we just came back from Spring Break. On Monday morning, one of our incredible teachers here at Moore stopped by my office during her Specials, and filled me in on the "pep talk" she gave her kids. I was so inspired by her words, and told her this. She responded, "Well, it just sort of feels like the first day of school! Last night I couldn't sleep, I had butterflies, and so today I decided to try to pump my kids up."
And that got me thinking. Remember how inspired we all are on the first day? The skip in our steps, the gleam in our eyes, the excitement of all of the new ideas in our heads? What if we approached each day - or at the very least, each Monday - with that same vitality?
I know, I know - we're exhausted. We're counting down the days until summer break. We are SO.READY. to be done with this year. But let's face it, THIS YEAR is not going anywhere. So we should make the best of it - give it all we've got during this last quarter. Make it a goal to refresh ourselves over the weekend in order to approach each Monday with a "Let's do this!" spirit, with a "We can do it!" attitude.
Kids feed off of our energy, trust me. So if we all make it a goal to inject the school with this energy, I guarantee we'll see a climate change.
If it means buying a new lunchbox and a new outfit every Sunday from now until June, I'm DEFINITELY in. :)
Don't Forget!
-April 21st - Kindergarten Screening
-April 25th-28th - Extend 1 Testing
-April 29th - Spring Fling!
-May 2nd-6th - DIBELS EOY Sweep Week
-May 16th-19th - Extend 2 Testing
-May 23rd-26th - EOG Testing
