It has been a busy week! I arrived in Wanblee Sunday afternoon, staying with my friends the High Horses. Monday morning I received the keys to my classroom. I am teaching fourth grade. My room had been cleaned over the summer and everything was in one big heap on one side of the room. I began digging through the boxes and a huge mound of furniture. After culling through and getting rid of old materials, I began to find curriculum guides and children ‘s new materials. Tuesday we began in-service training. I have never had so much in-service. (Quite different than what we do at the college level.) We have one more full week of in-service next week!! Including me doing a half-day training on methods and working with children from under-resourced environments.

I have been steadily working on my room and first-day plan. I will post a photo soon of my classroom once it is completed. I have met so many new people. It is amazing to see daily how much this entire staff cares about the children they teach, drives to school, and feed each day. I am getting down first names so next week I must learn last names so I can refer to them as Ms. or Mr. The building is oddly shaped so getting a feel for where everything has also been an adventure. You will see what I mean when you see my classroom. It is pie-shaped. 

Jeff arrived on Friday with furniture for my apartment. (Thank you, Joe, for the use of your pick-up). I was so glad to see Jeff and to get to see him on our anniversary. The rag-tag furniture he brought was one of the best anniversary gifts!  I am not a camper and camping out in my apartment with an air bed and camp chairs did not cut it!