H.A.G.S.

"Have a great summer" what so many of my students wrote in my yearbook.  Middleschoolers are into acronyms.  H.A.G.S. implies "I'll see you next year" but for me that won't be the case. Though I am so excited about what the next year has in store, the last week of school was a  lot harder than I expected it would be.  I have put in a lot of little roots at Brown Middle School.  I guess I should have known that it would be somewhat painful to be transplanted.  So what exactly is there to miss about spending eight hours a day with over 100 teenagers?  A lot actually!

I will miss: 

• Moments like the time I finally got Cody back for all his goofiness when I accidently squirted him with frog guts.  
  
• Visits from eight graders (my students from last year)  
  
• Talks with my helpers who stayed during planning.   
  
• How my students make me laugh at least once a day.   
  
• The fact that no day is ever the same.
  
• Messages from my kids on the white board.
  
• Homeroom with AVID
  
• Sweating it out on field day and watching dizzy bat.
• Cupid shuffle at the dances
• Ball games... go Bruins
• Spirit week... especially wacky/tacky day
• I will GREATLY miss the team mates that I have been so blessed to work with and the teachers, administrators, and staff that made coming to work such a pleasure.
  

ILY!