We've Got FRIENDS!

WOW! Check out the Overbrook Elementary School!  They made a really great podcast full of wonderful poems and thoughts. Super job, Overbrook and Ms. Sorentino!

Guess what! They gave the Rowen Reporters and DJ Big & little a shout out, too! They reviewed our podcasts and gave some great thoughts on what they learned.

Well done, Overbrook! We'll be looking to write to you next year! Have a super summer : )

GOODBYE

Soon it will be time for many of us to say goodbye. Jahnya has been posting about going to a new school; Aishah and Jabrella have been feeling the sadness of the graduates and thinking about their time next year. For me, it's time to say goodbye to students I love and some of my BFFs that I teach with.

Even though they won't be here anymore, I will still be in touch and spend time with them. (In fact, Mrs. Jones and I are going on vacation together this summer!) So let's look to the bright side. They are off to new and exciting adventures, and I am making new friends and still have 2 BFFs- Ms. Cooper and Ms. El- to hang with at school.

So tell me, who would you like to say goodbye to or are glad that's staying here with you? Are your BFFs hanging with you next year?

HELLO JAHNYA!

I'm so thrilled that Jahnya keeps writing to me. So this post is dedicated to her! She's an amazing kid who comes faithfully to my mediation group. She's already calm and peaceful, so having her there makes ME even more calm and peaceful! I'm so glad we're getting to know each other this year. I look forward to getting to know her better next year, too. (I've known her brother for at least 2 years. He really cracks me up. He'll be leaving this year and I'll miss him!)

Anyhow, remember how some of the guided meditations tell you to go to a beautiful spot? I keep promising to show you a picture of where my mind goes sometimes... and here it is! Do you like it? It's amidst the bamboo at Green Gulch Farms. Tell me what you think.

I blinked and suddenly it's JUNE!

WOW! Where did the time go? I can't believe I haven't posted anything since the end of March! What have we been doing? Why lots of learning, of course! 

Great mathematicians and incredible readers are getting ready to end their school year with me. My Peaceful Positive Meditation Lunch Bunch is still faithfully coming every Monday and Wednesday at lunch. My 5th graders are busy getting ready for their commencement exercises. (I'm going to be so sad to see them go! I'm so very, very proud of all the progress they've made.) My "Friday Friends" had their last session today. We shared our podcasts with our parents and celebrated a job well done. (You should definitely check them out on iTunes or at the School District's site. They did a fabulous job of giving pointers on Internet Safety.)

Sooooo... I don't think I'm ready for the year to be over yet! How about you? Are you ready?