1st Week of School – Accomplished
We have completed our first week of school. WHEW!! I was beginning to think it would never arrive. While I actually enjoyed the school year more before Texas passed a law mandating that we can’t start school until the 4th Monday of August, I do like having a long weekend after the first week of school each year as we always get off the Monday of Labor Day. This makes it nice on the students too. I remember not so many years ago that we always started to school on Thursdays and this week I got to thinking about that, and think that it might just be a good idea. When you start on a Thursday, you get a chance for students and teachers to familiarize themselves with schedules and each other. Teachers are able to tell and begin showing students what will be expected of them as far as classroom behavior/methods, and there’s time for the administrative stuff – textbook assignments, first day packets, etc. Then you take a weekend off and come back ready for full blown class. As many students (and probably teachers too) get accustomed to sleeping in during the summer, it would also help with not being so exhausted after going from sleeping in and then waking up 5 mornings in a row!
Tags: back to school, school, teaching
