First and foremost, I have to say that I hate to miss school. Maybe it's a control issue, maybe it's something else, but I cannot stand to be out for any reason. Unfortunately, there will always be times when it is necessary to be gone from school, whether it's because of illness or other obligations. I suppose that I am grateful that my lack of attendance this week had everything to do with a conference and nothing to do with illness.
Monday we went to the civic center to see a play, "The Red Planet." It was an interesting take on life on Mars in the future. My favorite part was the robot. The actress who played the humanoid robot did a fantastic job.
We had a short blitz schedule on Monday. I focused on returning assignments and trying to assign acting the Part roles in as fair a way as possible. I really wanted to get them assigned earlier, but I felt it was important for the students to have some say in what they were doing. Most got their first or second choice. I wish they all could have, but it just didn't work out that way.
Tuesday was a day off of school but not much of an off day for me.
Wednesday through Friday, I was in Hickory participating in The New Schools Project Symposium. Wednesday was a peer visit at Challenger, and Thursday and Friday were filled with a series of activities and conversations.
While I was gone, my classes got a chance to finish viewing the '96 version of Romeo and Juliet. They also had some time to work on either their acting the part assignment or their novel. I believe that things went well.
Friday was filled with preparation for our banquet next week. I hate that I missed any of it! I cannot wait to get back to school tomorrow!
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