Student Teaching Experience Week 8

Things are looking up!

This week was a week of healing for the students, staff, and community at Clay-Battelle. In no way are things back to normal, but the healing process has begun.  I dove back into the material and tried to get caught up on grading the maps that I had my students color while they were trying to come to terms with losing a friend.  I thought it would be good to get back into a routine again this week.  My mentor teacher felt the same way.  This week my students did a great job going through material and keeping their heads up.

The football game was postponed until Monday October 7th, and I don't think I have ever experienced anything so lovely in my life.  All of the fans wore pink for the student who passed the Monday before, and the opposing team's cheerleaders brought roses for our cheerleaders.  The opposing football team released balloons for her, and a moment of silence marked a moment of grace and peace over that field for her. Tears welled in my eyes when I saw that our cheerleaders had painted a big pink heart with her signature painted on it in her little squiggly writing to mark the young girl's spot in the cheer line.  So beautiful.

I gave my 11th graders an assignment on yellow journalism that is due Friday and it definitely taught me that I need to have every question ready to answer.  They seem to be doing a great job on this assignment so I'm anxious to see how they do on this article.