The Art of The Keyboard

As I have previously mentioned, my rockstar teacher is notable for the power of her emails. Truly, she has mastered the art of the keyboard. And that talent has for sure come in handy lately. Conferences have been unusual this week (according to my teacher, parents usually aren’t like this). It seems as though we have an atypical of STUBBORN parents. One particular mother and another particular father seem to be on the warpath. Because clearly (according to them), we simply do not understand their children. We are not reaching out and differentiating in appropriate ways. There are different sides to every story and we are not getting “the correct” story. Generally, by politely and appropriately telling parents what we have noticed and observed, where we have seen progress and seen struggles, and our future expectations, my rockstar teacher and I have been appreciated and well received. I suppose someone needs to stir the pot and be a stinker about conferences. It’s good experience, just unusual and annoying. And (joy, joy) one of those parents has also been complaining to the principal and other faculty. CALM DOWN, lady.

However, whereas some parents seem a little obsessive and loony about how their children are NOT successful, it is comforting to also see parents who agree with our observations. Parents who, instead of becoming upset, become our allies. Because in reality, we are (or should be) all on the same team here. The focus should be on the student and not on one or two incidents or complaints that are blown out of proportion. The student should be the priority.  Teachers and parents need to be working together for the betterment of the child despite the individual obstacles that each child faces. Thank goodness we already have many parent allies.

In other news… this post was originally intended for yesterday, however I got busy with Coronation activities after school and didn’t have time to post it! So here is the low down on coronation (because I know you’re all dying to know!). Coronation was a fun time! My momma and grandparents came down to support, and a lot of the students came out too! But, there was one important student who wasn’t in attendance- my escort and one of the candidates for king! He is a captain of the football team and had a mandatory practice, so he was not at coronation! Although I’m going to give him a hard time, his commitment to football is admirable. :) Instead I got to awkwardly form a three-some couple with two other candidates. After showing a senior slideshow (gahhh, we are SENIORS), they announced us all up to stage and then revealed that my good friends Shaughn and Grace were our new king and queen! I’m very happy for my ex-roommate and bonus roommate (Shaughn pretty much lives in the 205!). All in all, it was a great experience and a fun night.

To wrap up today’s posts, here are some sneak peak photos into the past week! 

Homecoming Court 2013. Such a great group of friends!

My escort, at least for the Pep Rally!

Runners up with the King and Queenie :) 

We're not really a serious group. 

These two have always been some of my biggest supporters!

...And here is a picture of my classroom objectives board! It's not all fun and games, people! 

Now I'm off to celebrate my day off from school... by working on school things! It will all pay off when I'm able to celebrate and dance them night away tomorrow night! 

Until Monday... 

Peace, love, and formal occasions, 

Jayna

Ps- if you click on the photos they will enlarge so you can see them better and flip though all 6!!