School Has Begun

Well, the First Day of the New School Year draws to a close. I am tired, in spite of the fact that I only had to teach three periods out of 7! Might have something to do with getting up at "school year" time instead of "holiday" time...and the fact that it was go, go, go all day. Even with a full-timer helping out, there are so many duties to be done in a music department.

Dear year 12 son seems very settled and happy with his new classes and teachers. That is half the battle! We had a nice lunch today, from my freezer stash--bean, cheese and salsa burritos (homemade) and chocolate chip multi-grain muffins (also homemade). We're trying to avoid McD's stopovers on the way home....tomorrow will be Quiche Day for us. It's a vegie/bacon/cheese delight!

Part of the fun today was having to sit on stage with the other heads-of-learning-areas during the Principal's Assembly, and hoping the students in the front row weren't looking up the teachers' skirts. I was very fortunate to have gotten there early enough to sit in the back row!

Another fun thing was seeing how clean, neat and shiny everyone looked for Day One. Quite a contrast to the Last Week of School, 2007.

Classes were fun, too. The senior music students all looked and acted eager to learn, and also to find out what is expected of them this term. Young minds are like clean slates, as the old saying goes. According to the middle-school teacher, the year eights were also on their best behavior. 'Course, the middle-school teacher is a DRUM MACHINE, young, bouncy and irrepressible. That might have something to do with it.

The new music rooms are fantastic. They have almost nothing in them, but that is part of the charm. All I require at this time of the year is an air conditioner, and they are well-supplied with good split systems!!

Tomorrow will be slightly busier--I will have four periods to teach and administrative duties the rest of the day. With two new ensemble rooms plus a new office and music tutor lounge area to order furniture for, some of the duties are actually kinda fun. You know.

God bless you and I hope you had a good day, too!