What a day.
There were hugs galore from my kids. My co-op, the kids and their families, and some of the other teachers I've gotten to work closely with these past 6 weeks collaborated on a "teacher starter kit" for me full of stickers, pencils, pens, borders, stamps, notepads, Post-Its (ohh, how I love Post-Its!), and even resource books. I was literally speechless.
One of the bags even had all of the kids' hand prints in the school colors. I love it!
I got the sweetest cards from my kiddos and from my co-op, too. Here's one:
I'll miss them, too.
After school was a whole staff get-together where we sat outside in someone's beautiful backyard, drinking and snacking, and talking about so much. Doug and Delo made it, too. These are some truly fascinating and kind-hearted people, and I've been truly blessed in so many ways to have gotten to work with them and form friendships with them. They told us when we started that it's like a big family here, and they really meant it. This place is so unique that I'm not silly enough to believe I could find another place just like it anywhere else. It's been fantastic.
"Thank you" hardly seems like enough for this all, for all of them. This was exactly where I needed to be and exactly what I needed to do to prepare for next year. I'm excited to carry what I've learned into my own classroom!
Tomorrow's adventure is my first ever Field Day and my last ever day as a student teacher. I'm sure I'll end up with a few stories from that!
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Now that you have that bag and these experiences and all that love, you are ready to go! You remind me why it is so good to do what we do. Perhaps it's not so much that we are loved, but that we get the chance to love and watch other people do the same. And that's His work right there!
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