Summer!!

So summer offically starts at 4 p.m. today! and until then I'm just sitting here watching the clock. I finished everything weeks ago, all I had to do today was clean up my room and pack anything that I wanted to have over the summer (which is everything since I paid for it all...)

This is probably the first time in my life I haven't had something to do. No wedding to plan. No classes to study for. No certification to complete. NOTHING! I should probably pick up my summer job search, but eh.

I finished reading Our School by Joanne Jacobs. This book has really opened my eyes to what it means to work in a charter school. This school in San Jose was opened to prepare D and F students who were in danger of dropping out, to be successful at a 4 year college. Many students had to take remedial math and reading, since many had less than sixth grade level skills. Many spoke little or no English. Two teachers opened this school. They enrolled about 100 ninth graders for the first year. Four years later they had a 9-12 high school with about 500 students. The first graduating class was 57 students, all were going to 4 year colleges.

It's an inspiring book and it's given me a lot of ideas for next year. I would like to incoporate study skills, character development, school pride, work ethic and the school's mission statement into the 6th grade curriculum next year.