FIRE

This is what arrived right after I pulled into my parking lot last night. Apparently, there was a fire in my apartment building last night, which started in the laundry room. How fun is that! About 8 fire trucks and some other emergency vehicles pulled up, which threw me for a loop, but all is fine. After watching outside for awhile, I finally just walked in and no one stopped me. Oh well, I'm fine. Enjoy!

National Junior Honor's Society

Here are some of my NJHS students picking up trash on their "Clean Up Taylor Street" event. Taylor Street is the street the school is on.

Feet

This is the only picture that I have of the kids where Dad's camera isn't somewhere within my viewfinder. However, I do like to look at all the feet and their different sizes in this picture.

Evil Eyes

I call this the scary Elizabeth. My eyes almost look green if you look at them too long!

Chinese Lanterns

Chinese Lanterns for my 6th Grade unit on Ancient China.

New Desktop (Again)

Gosh, with each new picture the desktop has to keep changing. And every kid keeps coming up to my desk and saying...Wow! Your sister has five kids...to which I say...Do you think one person could have three babies in one year if they are all different ages? NO! Student: Oh, that's right, each of your sisters had a baby this year. I remember. Well, then who do the other two children come from. *me sigh* Well, I guess that would mean they are mine Student: You have kids Mrs. Reed? Me: Where, where's my mom?...MOM!!! --- To which the other students start laughing and saying...She's Miss Reed not Mrs. Reed I smile and try to move on only to be stopped a minute later by the same student Student: So, did you adopt them I'll never win

Michelangelo

My 6th Graders are being Michelangelo in art and creating their own Sistine Chapel ceilings.

Conference

Early morning view from my heavenly room at the teacher's conference in Greensboro, NC these past three days.

My New Desktop

Students

Here are some of my students. The picture of the two boys are two of my sixth grade students. They are best friends, Brandon and Dylan. The rest are of my eighth graders. Katie Michael Theo Emily, Almaz, and Dawit

After school

After school the classes and the daycare line up in rows and wait for parents to pick them up.

About Time!

Alright, so all of you who want to see more pictures, here you go. These two pictures are of a spot in my classroom called the Lion's Den. I've had some problems with some kids coming up to my desk and touching my things or looking at what I'm writing on my computer and it's starting to bother me. So, I created the Lion's Den where no one can pass into except for the Supreme Lion or in another word...me. However, I have a penalty kick box where the students can stand if they have the need to be just a little bit closer to my desk. One of my students is showing you how its done. Like my sign?