Finals Week included a lot more than just exams.
Monday was a day off school, so students hurriedly packed their rooms, studied frantically, and enjoyed hikes out in the beautiful sunshine.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday were final exams. While students filled in Scantron bubbles, scribbled out bits of knowledge, and tried to stay awake long enough to make it through tests, I hunted down students to finish self-evaluations from the Spring Concert. Their final grade was dependent on that, so I had to track them down. I also organized my office and cleaned up a few things. Wednesday I proctored the US History exam. Kids finished early, so I had to police their poor usage of their extra time – several were drawing detailed artwork on the cardboard cheat-proof dividers. I did think the dragon was cool, though, so I couldn’t be too mad.
Thank you to all the supporters who helped the class of 2012 graduate!
Friday was quite a day. It started with grad practice in the morning. All the seniors went up and down several times, practiced lining up in their rows, etc. At noon, I had a short choir rehearsal to lead, since Suzanne was still feeling sick. The choir was set to sing at graduation, and the show must go on, so I filled in! After choir rehearsal, I put on my soccer gear and headed over to the field for alumni games. There was only one alumna, so we were both on a team with all the senior girls. We played about 45 minutes. The senior/alum/teacher team won 3-2. I scored the first goal! That evening was the HS awards night.
Saturday was graduation. I’ll have a whole post on that . . . eventually. But for now, I’m off to catch some sleep. Gute Nacht!
