The holiday weekend is upon us, but we are at school for the moment. We have this idea about getting our work done today, but there is a kids' birthday party raging in the halls as I type, and I have yet to stop surfing the net and start working at nearly 1:30 in the afternoon.
Part of this is due to the fact that the only internet service that we currently have available is at the school, and part is due to the fact that the school provides the largest gathering spot available in the village. Lots of competing usages, none of which are necessarily school related in the traditional sense. The school is a much different creature in the rural areas of Alaska, serving as a sort of community center as well.
Some of that is gone this weekend, as the Labor Day holiday has scattered some of us to Anchorage for weekend trips, or to the woods for moose hunting. We have no specific plans, and that feels nice for a change. We have been running at full speed for a month now, and a deep breath opportunity seems welcome, to be sure.
Tuesday will be marked by another district wide inservice day, which gives the kids four days off and us a bit of a breather. I kind of miss the time that I have away from them, because I feel as if there is a lot to get done. Next week will be very short, and the following week will be broken up by two days of parent-teacher conferences. My afternoon classes will suffer especially.
We will have some more exposure to the new reading curriculum, and to the district's ideas about how to teach it, on Tuesday. I suspect that the conversation will be interesting.
I hope that everyone has a happy Labor Day weekend-enjoy the football and class reunions (Centerville 1971), and enjoys the slide into autumn!
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