Hurried Morning

This afternoon our school is hosting a History Day competition for 6th, 7th and 8th graders. It is the first round of three competitions that many of my students will be participating in: school, local , state. We have been working on our projects since October, but of course I have many kids who waited until the last minute to complete anything. (I literally have 4 students who sat in my room doing absolutely nothing for hours upon hours - since we have no policy for this at my school, I just had to let them sit! Insane.)

This morning those last few slacker groups came in and worked through their elective classes to finish up. This meant that I lost my planning period since I had to supervise the kids. I think we have some decent projects, and am excited to see how some of the groups do at the local and state competition. History day has definitely been a headache for me, but I think it is worth it for the kids to have the opportunity to work on a long-term research project.

In other news I am working on my third cold of the year. I can't believe how easily I have been catching them! Skit Night is tonight at the high school, and it is always very funny, but I think I may end up spending the night at home in bed with my dog...

Happy weekend everyone!