Tuesday, November 10, 2009

OMG! I'm Famous!! :)

I had quite a shock when I walked into work today! One of my coworkers told me that a few of my Masters program buddies and I were in the newspaper. We saw the newspaper reporters and photographer in our Masters class on Thursday, but we didn't think much of it. Then, lo and behold, it ended up in the newspaper. Noted, it wasn't the front cover, but I've never had this kind of publicity! Hahah!

The newspaper article was about how our superintendent developed his own Masters/Doctorate programs that use more of the projects-based learning that our school heavily focuses on. In this pic, the superintendent gave us each a map of Greece and told us to identify various cities/regions within the map. However, the maps were all in Greek. Kinda interesting! So, that's what we're doing. Wow, the newspaper today . . . People Magazine tomorrow! Hahaha! :)
BTW- this is Sam's commentary of the pic (which he emailed to me!) Too funny!
" I would agree that she has the best hair and outfit out of the whole room, definitely. Her scarf is simple yet elegant and it is tied in a double Parisian neck bow, just like the fashionable and stately ladies of France used in the late 1700's. And her green top reminds us each that summer has ended and fall is upon us. You can also see that she is about to say something profound that will undoubtedly amaze and inspire the whole group. The camera probably could not capture the beauty of her voice and they wisely chose a picture that was taken before her melodious thoughts were majestically uttered." -Sam

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Halloween Answer

Dang! You guys are good! Yes Tiffany, you're right. . . I was Miss Viola Swamp from the book "Miss Nelson is Missing". Here's the pic I tried to copy for my costume.


Pretty convincing, eh? I originally bought green striped tights. . . the package said and showed green tights, but once I opened the package it was red. Oh well. I know it's hard to tell, but I'm also wearing MASSIVE fake eyelashes as well as loads of blue eye shadow. My students sure LOVED my costume and most of them didn't recognize me. It was pretty fun!

I was pretty sick on Halloween, but Sam and I had a fun day carving our pumpkin and passing out candy to the one trick-or-treater who came by. It's ok. It left more candy for Sam and I! Hahha! Hope everyone else had a great Halloween! :)

Monday, November 2, 2009

Halloween Time

Ok, this'll be a quick post because I really should be getting to bed. I've been sick with a cold all weekend and so I need the extra rest. Anyway, on Friday my school had their Halloween celebrations. We had a schoolwide parade, filled with Halloween music. We did Halloween centers and of course we had our party. Well, everyone was told to dress up like a character from a book. Does anyone know who I picked to dress up as? *hint* It's from a popular kid's book. I'll reveal the answer later! :)