Last day of school...

The last day of school was, as expected, bittersweet. I will definitely miss my kiddos who are moving from junior high to the big high schools. I wish I had more time with some of them because I'm so afraid for them. I wish I could follow them to give them the kicks in the butts they need. I'm expecting that this feeling wil wear off as I teach more, as the other teachers didn't seem to feel quite as sentimental. I did, however, learn a lesson at the end of the day. When the bell rang, I started to tell my fave ESL kid bye and he yells "Hasta nunca!" and hauls down the hallway out of the school. ("Hasta nunca" basically means "until never.") Ouch.

The following is something fun I wrote on the last day of school but didn't post:
Well today I got to face a long-time fear. I got on stage and danced in front of all our kids at school (6, 7, and 8th graders)! Our school has a tradition where the kids practice songs and lipsinc them in front of the whole school on stage with choreography, costumes, strobe light, props, and whatever else they prepare. The songs vary from country to love ballads to rap and even traditional Mexican songs. One song was reggaeton (think Daddy Yankee - Spanish reggae), and I was dancing on the side with two other teachers. Next thing I know we were whooshed onstage!! Yikes!! It was scary but fun. We danced with the other students on stage, and the kids in the audience (and fellow faculty members, too!) all stood up, screamed, cheered, and clapped. For a split second I got really nervous, but then I figured that the kids think we're old and out of it anyway, so you might as well have fun. Now I'm known in the school as the "cool" teacher who can dance! :-D

So now I wait in limbo to find out if I'm teaching a web design class for summer school. And I also still wait (along with a bunch of other teachers, so I'm not alone) to get my contract for next year. Have I mentioned that I HATE waiting?! Until then, I'll try to busy myself this summer with my new Dyson vacuum cleaner (nicknamed "Lance" because it's the yellow one with one ball... hehe) and with keeping fresh on my Spanish. If you want to find me, you might also find me at the pool, or in a yoga class or water aerobics class at the gym. :)