Wow…such excitement today.  As you’ve heard by now, we had a power failure this morning from about 9:20-11:40.  A transformer in the neighborhood blew up and it affected Howard’s power.

My students were amazing…they just carried on, business as usual. No crying, no panic, nothing! We went right  on with our writing and Daily 5 Rotations.  Since our writing is Opinion, they told me their opinion about staying in school during the power outage or going home.  Since it is Opinion Writing and you need a reason for your opinion, they gave me their reasons/support.  Talk about a teachable moment.  🙂  They were just adorable.  I have plenty of light from the windows and we even went out on the porch and watched some geese take drinks and waddle away.

Our Superintendent, Dr. Myleko, came over and stayed until power was restored.  Our Howard engineer, Mr. Elia was right on top of things too.  Mrs. Burch returned from a meeting and it was “all hands on deck.”  What a terrific bunch of people to work with every day.  Every body just jumps in and helps wherever needed.  Very kind and thoughtful. Dr. Myleko even brought me a big flashlight to use too.  (I’m headed to Home Depot after school to get one for my room.)

For those students buying lunch, they were served 2 slices of American cheese, crackers, a pear and milk.  Fortunately, we have a birthday treat today so they’ll get a bit more.  Tomorrow’s first choice for lunch is spaghetti and second choice is cheese pocket sandwich.

What a fun day!  I really mean it too.  My students are such a joy to be with every day.  We ended the day with making jack-o-lanterns, with shapes (math) for facial features.  I enjoyed the conversations between them as they changed their pumpkins into Jack-o-lanterns.

Mrs. Smith