With the start of my 18th year in education, brings the joys of creating a learning environment that brings comfort and joy, as we embark on learning together and achieving success! Remember that peace of mind that I felt last semester? That feeling has carried throughout the summer and into the start of the 2018-2019 school year! Most teachers most of their summer preparing for the upcoming year, designing and creating their classrooms and searching high and low for the perfect additions to their classroom. My summer was different this year. I spent my summer enjoying friends and family, not worrying about my classroom, what I would be teaching or the details of our upcoming year. This was totally out of character for me, but again, I knew the Lord would pave the path to a joyous year!
At the end of July, I went to see my "new" classroom. New being in quotations because our school is currently being renovated and updated for our Huskies! When I asked to come see my room, I was told you can come see it but you can't bring anything in just yet. This made me laugh because who wants to move in 110 degree Texas heat! I really just wanted an idea of our space and to decide which set of classroom decorations to use this year :)
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| Our Blank Slate in July 2018 |
After seeing my "new" room, I knew exactly which set of classroom decorations I was going to use. Sure it helped that there were all ready 3 bulletin boards created, but the colors would be perfect to brighten up our classroom. The original handmade set was created by my mother for the 2013-2014 school year. I remember her sending an email of the "perfect" fabric that would coordinate with my teaching partner Will's theme of owls and my love of chevron. Who knew that this collection of polka dots, chevron and owls would still bring great joy years later!
I began moving all of my classroom resources into our room. At one point our room looked like a storage room with everything scattered all over the tables and floor! During the week, lots of love and care was spent putting our room together. We share our room with another teacher, who teaches TX history and coaches. Because of my experience last year of being in 3 rooms, I insisted on Coach Lawson bringing something to make the room feel like his, not just ours. So he brought his Big XII pennants, which this TCU girl absolutely loved...bring on college football season!
After a few hours, lots of sweat & help from friends, it all came together!
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