Happy second week of school!
One of our principals (thanks Meagan!) emailed me some first day quotes (see below) and it鈥檚 inspired me to ask you to send me your favorite back to school quotes.
I look forward to reading your quotes and comments.
From Meagan Dawson, Kulshan Middle School principal.
From a kindergartner: 鈥淚 can鈥檛 believe I made it to kindergarten. It went by so fast.鈥
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From a sixth grader: 鈥淚 already got my first zit before I even showed up here.鈥
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Principal: 鈥淵our schedules are available here by Last Name.鈥
Sixth grader: 鈥淏y the last letter of my Last Name?鈥
Principal: 鈥淯m, no, by the first letter of your Last Name.鈥
Sixth grader: 鈥淕lad I asked.鈥
Comments (14)
My second grader was excited to start school when she went to orientation. The first morning her excited faded, and we asked why. “Because I remembered that it lasts all year long!”
Thanks for sharing. I hope she has a great year!
My kindergartener’s response when asked about how they liked kindergarten: “Great, we got two recesses and I didn’t even get sent to the principal’s office!”
Sounds like a positive first day! Tell your kindergartner to keep that ratio of recesses to the office going!
On the first morning of kindergarten when his teacher announced that it was time for the families to leave, my son said “finally I’ll be free of my parents!”
Kindergartners say the darndest things. I hope it was a great first week.
Quick story: I taught in Africa in an orphanage in Nairobi Kenya over the summer. One of the coolest things the kids did when we enter the classroom was stand and welcome the teacher. I spoke to my racquet sport class about possibly greeting me this way everyday but not with great enthusiasm?
It sounds like a nice way to start a day of teaching. Thanks for sharing.
One of my 3rd graders to me: “You talk just like my last year’s teacher and you smell like her too.” Me: “Is that a good thing or a bad thing?” Student: “It’s a good thing!” Me: “What do I smell like?” (me bracing myself…..student takes a big whiff….) Student: “You smell like beautiful flowers.” (Phew!)
That must have been a relief! Thanks for sharing, Amy–glad Happy Valley is off to a great start
One of our 5th graders helpfully figures out for a staff member that the staff member should be in the 44th grade!
Thanks for sharing, Ms. Heimsoth! Glad to hear Sunnyland is off to a great start. I wonder what grade I would be in?
The few weeks leading up to school my kindergartener started talking about what it was like in heaven. Are there toys? Will I see my friends? She was saying she didn鈥檛 want to go to school so she was just going to stay home and play ABCmouse instead. Her dad and I were confused why she was asking about that type of thing. After a few conversations I understood why. I鈥檇 been telling people how 鈥渉eavenly鈥 it was going to be when the kids were back in school. So she took that to mean she was going to heaven when school started. Whoops.
We got that all cleared up thankfully 馃槀馃槀 she absolutely loves kindergarten.
Oh dear! I’m glad you got that cleared up. Thanks for sharing, Melissa!