April, Easter, & My Birthday

Well so the month of April is almost over, it is hard to believe that it has been a month since I went to Greece. The month of April has been a hectic month. It started with just the students being normal after a week off of school, but after the first week they settled down. Then we found out that we were having our final evaluations with-in the next few weeks and lucky me mine was first. My evaluation was for a science lesson, which I was lucky to have a great lesson planned. We did a wind exploration lesson, which included the students predicting which way the wind was blowing and then using bubbles to see if they were right. Well push come to shove and I got a great review. I was happy to walk out of my evaluation with the principal excited about how much I have improved and how much the students are learning from me.

Sadly I wasn’t able to take a break just yet. The next Sunday and Monday we had Tribal coming. Tribal is a company that is hired to come in and make sure that the PPP is doing what they are supposed to. However we still have to sell ourselves to them since they do report back to ADEC. They came in on Sunday for about an hour over all in my classroom, watching my class, checking my binders, and making sure I had lesson plans. We are not sure how it went, but as far as I can tell I didn’t have any issues.

It being the month of April means tomorrow things Easter and my birthday. Well truth be told it didn’t feel much like Easter, since we still work on Sunday. I thought that the normal group of us were getting together to celebrate Easter, however I was completely surprised to find out that it was a surprise party for me. Gayle had me completely going I even fried chicken to bring thinking I need to bring something. Well I showed up and I was amazed to see all my friends there. It was a great time and I am so happy to have made the friends I have.  Well it looks like I will be home for my birthday. I am amazed since I have been sicker this year than ever with teaching, but I guess that comes with moving to a new environment and trying to get used to it. I am hoping that this time the meds correct it and I am good for the rest of the year.