Short week

As it turns out, this was a short week for me! A bad cold kept me home on Monday and a Spring Blizzard of sorts sent us home early on Wednesday and kept us home on Thursday.

We were supposed to have parent/teacher conferences on Thursday night that are now rescheduled to next Thursday night. We were also supposed to have a Maine Council for the Social Studies Coard meeting that has been postponed to April. So in two in half days of school they were pretty quiet for me as it turns out.

My U.S. history students are preparing for a test. We wrapped up World War One this week in preparation for the test.

Students in Ethics started work on their Moral Courage Projects. A wonderful source for this is the website, Americans Who Tell the Truth. As it turns out the man who made all of those paintings, Robert Shetterley, will be at my school in April. He will be there with some of his paintings conducting a workshop for teens around moral courage. It should be fantastic!

Next week will be jampacked with interesting activities... I have to go to school on Sunday to welcome the NEASC visiting committee. This committee is coming to give the school its accreditation. In addition to being here Sunday, they will be meeting with us and observing classes on Monday and Tuesday. They will give a brief report before they leave on Wednesday. The final report will be received by us in the Fall. Tuesday of next week I am doing a follow up training around the Marzano Standards for Teaching at the University of Maine at Farmington. Thursday is an early release day for students with professional development in the afternoon around literacy strategies. Thursday night is now parent/teacher conferences. Friday is a workshop day further working on literacy strategies. I will have lots to blog about next week. Next weekend will be one where I will be ready to relax! Less than 40 days until our family vacation in Florida and that's what keeps me going. Come on Spring, let's have some warm weather already!