Electronics have become increasingly disruptive in our classroom – on a daily basis we are dealing with students listening to inappropriate music, making phone calls during class time, taking pictures without permission and playing video games that become too intense. So, today we “unplugged” from all personal devices. As expected, this was not well received by our students. Looks of horror spread across the room as devices were collected at the beginning of class, labeled with their names, and kept in a bin on my desk. Some students tried to tell me they didn’t have a phone when I could clearly see it in their pockets, others said they didn’t have a phone, but then “remembered” once a consequence was mentioned, but eventually everyone relented. (This was all amusing to us but we didn’t let on!) We will continue this practice for the remainder of the week and try again with full electronic privileges next week. It turned out to be a nice day with students talking to each other and socializing instead of looking at screens during their down time!

Information about the Weekend Activity is coming home today to those who RSVP’d with a “yes”. The show time is 2:45 on Saturday. We will meet in the lobby at 2:00 p.m. and start going through concessions by 2:15, so we can be in our seats before the movie starts. We have a big group attending and it will take some time to get through the lines. I will be purchasing the tickets Friday morning. Please read over the information that was sent home and if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me! It’s going to be a great time!

Students who are scheduled to go to Kerby’s tomorrow have a menu in their folders for planning purposes. Please indicate what your son/daughter would like to eat if they are not able to tell me, and send the appropriate amount of money for their meal. Students who do not bring money will not attend the activity.