Y’all must be counting the days until your holiday break. What’s the count? Three days? Two days? One day? Whatever the count is, I want to thank you for making this holiday season a special one for your students. How do I know it was a wonderful holiday season for your students? From reading your…
Meet The Mailbox®
Fun Friday Photos
The Mailbox staff is a wonderful (and very talented!) melting pot of personalities! We have the goofy, the serious, the creative, the astute, the clever, the extremely intelligent, the wise, the mischievous—honestly I could go on and on. (I’ll let you decide which of the above describes me!) However, I can’t think of one employee…
A Blog Riddle
Ho! Ho! Ho! Can you solve this timely blog riddle? Why is the number 299 significant to The Mailbox blog? I’ll give you a couple of clues: The number is more important today than it was yesterday. Tomorrow, the number won’t be important at all. Whatcha think? The first person to guess the right answer…
Your Teaching Tree
So how’s the waistband today? Mine’s a little snug; however, I couldn’t be happier! There’s really nothing better than spending quality time with family and friends, is there? The yummy food is simply icing on the cake (or ice cream on the pie)! 🙂 Have you ever investigated your teaching tree? I did for the…
Fall Festival Funnies
Happy November to you! As promised, here are a few photos from Friday’s fall festival. They are definitely worth a grin or two! We had a costume contest! Guess who came as a pack rat. 🙂 We had a pumpkin decorating contest. We tricked and we treated! We got crafty too! And we ate! We…
Pack Rat Poll
Okay, my teacher pals. This is just for fun, and I’m not pointing fingers at anyone. In fact, if my fingers were going to point anywhere, they’d be pointing directly at me! The reason I’m posing a pack rat question is because I spent a few hours in my attic over the weekend. I decided…
Sweet Monday!
Sweet Monday? On most Mondays I’d say putting these two words side by side is a perfect example of an oxymoron. But not today! Today has truly been sweet! Remember, this is the day my colleagues and I are celebrating “No, It’s Not Really National Chocolate Day.” (See “Fooled on a Friday!”) Enthusiasm has been…
Fooled on a Friday!
I may have been fooled this morning, but like any good sport I’m going to make the most of it! Our local paper announced that this coming Monday is National Chocolate Day. Okay, stop for a minute. You know how much I like chocolate, right? I was ecstatic. I decided I would make brownies for…
Getting to Know the Teacher
Happy Friday! I have an idea for making a connection with your students’ parents. See what you think! First, I have a confession to make. I love checking out the magazines at the hair salon, especially the ones filled with the Hollywood scoop. Well, last night I was enjoying a favorite column in one such…
Teacher Sighting
You’re in a store and you hear a high-pitched squeal or an audible gasp followed by your teacher name: “Ms. Badden? Ms. Badden!” Instructions often follow: “Wait right here. I’ve got to show you to my mom!” In this case I waited patiently in the frozen food aisle as the child enthusiastically tugged her parent…