After being out of the classroom for 7 years, I forgot how overwhelming and exhausting getting ready for a new school year is. I’ve been up and down the ladder about 18,256 times stapling bulletin board paper and turning my 4th grade classroom into “Olinde Island…where the Son is always shining!” It’s a regular tropical paradise. I’m going to post pictures of it tomorrow. When I taught Jr. High and High School, we never decorated our rooms… I mean a few posters, a chart with the 8 parts of speech, and that was it. Now that I have crossed over to the ranks of elementary teacher, the room has to have a “theme.” On my hall there is a jungle theme, complete with vines and monkeys hanging from the ceiling; I’ve seen rooms with camping themes with a tents and fake campfires. Kids get to go on vacation to faraway places when they come to school! I have started praying for my students by name. I am expecting God to do AMAZING things in their hearts and lives this year!! Will you pray for Tyler B. & Bailey B. today? What an important year in their lives. Do you remember when you were 9? What was life like for you?

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