I would like to point out that I went to Petco on Sunday to look at reptiles with Jessica and the kids. Riley wants a lizard for a pet and we went to see what some of her choices were. I find it funny that one of the reptile cages had this set up in it. I mean really people!!!
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| Lizard Cage at Petco |
Wednesday night was a great evening at school. We had the M.E.Ch.A festival and it was wonderful. There was dancing, great food, speakers and fun for the students and parents involved. The evening started at 6:00 and went on until 9:00 pm that night. I was able to get the carts moved around and some work done during the last hour of the night. I got home at 10:30 that evening due to locking up and driving home. It was another very late night and Thursday morning came really early.
Thursday I left school early to go and pick up my new glasses - yes, you read that correctly - I had to get reading classes for my astigmatism and the computer. They are cute, kinda brown / black with some bluish tints to it. Of course I picked out Kate Spade glasses - not sure how that happened but I do like them. After that I went and got my hair cut and highlighted. I was there for about 2 and a half hours and got home that evening again late but at least I was trying to relax a little. However the young lady that gave me a shoulder and neck massage pointed out that i have a lot of knots. LOL!!!! What educator does not during testing season???????
This week has been the week of investigations. I had a sexual misconduct case to investigate and there is no way that you win that one in any situation. When you start investigating, students start talking and then the rumors begin to fly all around regardless. Then the "gossip" expands into other things as well. The next case I had to work on was a Twitter Bully case and let me tell you, I hate researching Twitter cases. It is so hard to get anywhere due to handles and hashtags. FB issues are so much easier, as well Instagram, but Twitter - those are hard!!!! Ugh!! Of course, no one is happy - kids, parents, students - no one. :(
Friday afternoon was not a "go home" afternoon. I had a meeting with a parent at 3:00 pm who is completely in denial of her son "cutting" class. He does not go and wanders around the campus. We tend to catch him and his mom says he cannot do Saturday schools because he goes to his dads, he can do Thursday schools but he will not stay to do them, and she does not want him in SSR. Soo…. I think she needs to come and hang out on campus to help get her son to class. I am the third administrator to meet with the mom and the second guidance counselor to attempt to work with mom and she continues to think that her son does not do anything wrong and it is our mistake. She literally told me that it was the teachers making the mistake in attendance and he was in the room - her son told her so. She also told me it was the schools fault because we had new attendance clerks that were not doing their job. Really????? Both the other AP and myself told her that we had caught her son out of class several times over the past two weeks ourselves and it is not a teacher mistake. Just like everything else, it surprises me what all people tell me and what I am exposed to at different times with my job. I wonder if I say crazy things to people who think the same thing!!! Later that afternoon Ali, Megan and I counted tests and packed up items to send back to the state for assessment. I am so excited the testing is over and the testing room is COMPLETELY CLEANED UP!!! More cleaned up and organized than it has ever been according to others!!! Again, a trait of mine - I clean and organize. That is why the Science Dept in Laurens got so clean over a few years! Megan went and got yummy Ahola pizza and
the three of us went to the play at the school - The Mystery of Edwin Drood. It was great and a lot of fun. The audience got into it at the end even though the beginning was a little slow and hard to understand. Michelle Grotness, the theater teacher, even had her dog in the show at the end. Harley was so cute as he walked across the stage!!! The play lasted a fairly long time and I got home around 11:45 pm that night so that was yet another long night!!!
On Saturday morning I saw ate breakfast with a friend who I always enjoy spending time with. I wish I got to see them more but with our busy schedules and odd work hours we never seem to have enough time to connect. After breakfast I rushed up to the school to work on evaluations for the end of the school year. I got three done and have 14 more to go - yeah me!!! At 4:15 pm, I left and Ali and I drove to Anaheim to watch the Angels play. She won tickets the other day and asked me to go with her. So this will now be my second MLB game. The atmosphere is different than that of the Padres game. More family oriented. Not sure if that is due to location, fans or the fact the Angels are owned by Disney. I really like the Padres because I love San Diego and Petco park. The colors are better as well. The Angels are red and I am not a fan of the color red but I really liked how they had their stadium set up. Of course, I don't have an allegiance to either team - Michael Roth, who use to play for the Gamecocks is in the Angels minor league to come up that way. Good thing I don't have to make a decision. :)
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| Angel Stadium |
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| Ali and I at the Stadium |
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