Middle School news...read all about it!

There was a lot of excitement in the middle school this week. Of course, there is always a lot of excitement at the middle school, but this week just seemed a bit more hectic. Maybe it is partly because I was busy writing assessments and making rubrics before grades are due again on the 19th. All of my classes either took a test today or will take one on Tuesday that is different from "normal" Spanish tests.

In the midst of all that, the middle school was hit with a bout of head lice. It started when one of my students came to school Tuesday with a really severe case. That led all 6th graders to get checked, and 2 boys were sent home. The next day 7th grade was checked and yet another girl was found to have head lice. By this time I was super paranoid because 1.) all of them were my students and I only teach about 1/4 of all the students in the school and 2.) because we have been doing a clothing unit and had a fashion show this week. I brought in clothes to wear...including a sombrero (hat) and I am almost certain that the girl wore it! I was so worried that I had infected the entire 8th grade class, too. Today, however, the 8th graders got checked and no one had it. I went to have my head checked, too, just to be safe and it was all clear. Whew!

The other exciting thing about this week was that swim team started. I love coaching! The kids who signed up are so fun. I think they are really enjoying it (dying, but having fun. hehe). The other coach and I weren't sure how practice was going to go because there are over 30 kids and the pool we usually used is "under construction" (whatever that means). Anyway, we thought we were going to have to use a pool with only one lane for all the kids, but we ended up going to another one that was a little further away but gave us three lanes. It was a lot of fun and I am so excited for the season to get underway.