The school buses hit the road this morning! Yep, it’s the first day of school in our local school district. Lexie (the pooch) and I were finishing up our morning walk when youngsters began gathering at the neighborhood bus stops. We saw mostly older kids. One of them, wearing a gigantic backpack, was frantically racing back home—clearly he’d forgotten something important!
I don’t know about you, but I always got a few butterflies on the first day of school. I remember having them as a child and as a teacher too. How crazy is that? After all my years of teaching, those butterflies still dropped in for a visit!
I can’t keep myself from smiling when I think about the local kids and teachers who are beginning another school year. What an exciting time!
How about you? Are you with students yet? Any butterflies?
Smiles,
Diane
I always have butterflies this time of year. My school has not started yet but we are having quite a few get togethers with Parent orientation and Meet the Teacher coming up.
I always worrying whether the kids will get along and will I get along with the Parents. We are a small school and one of the things I love about it is the relationships that develop with the families.
The butterflies have flown away from the building! They quickly fluttered away after the power went out upon the arrival of my 1st 3 students. My 26 fourth graders and I sat in the dark for about an hour. But we made the most of it! Of course I DID NOT plan for this…yes I had planned for everything else but that.
I DO still get butterflies each year. I always wonder how we are going to get along and how the kids are going to act. You can tell a lot about kids the first few days of school.
Kids started back at our school Monday so today was our third day of school. The third day is nice because everyone pretty much knows what to expect.
I love the first day of school. I like seeing students for the first time. Many of them are shy and a little nervous. However, I know that within the week, they will be making friends and be so excited to be at school.
This is my 7th year of teaching. I am teaching pre-k. I was moved to a new campus this year, and I was afraid at first — lots of butterflies last week during staff development. However, I came to discover that my new principal is great, and other teachers have taught me to adopt the “no worries”so stressful. The teachers I work with now really support each other, and I’m so thankful. And I have 19 happy students in my class! 🙂
As a student teacher this year I think I had enough butterflies for the whole class! We just finished our third week of school, and starting next week I will be teaching the whole afternoon. Even though I’m now used to teaching part of the day the butterflies are starting all over again!