Running on Low energy

Well the good new is that NONE of my nightmares about the first day of school came true!!

I absolutely LOVE this new school for many reasons. First of all, the science department here has been so welcoming and helpful. There are 15 science teachers and all of them have come to me and asked if I needed anything or if there was anything they could do for me. There is one guy across the hall from me that is new to teaching and the school. It has been awesome having someone else who also has no idea what they are doing.

Last week was teacher work week. I was able to set up my classroom. It is amazing! Smart board, projector, documentation camera, water hook up, 7 lab stations (each station has 2 student computers) I couldn't have asked for anything more. The whole science wing is renovated. I picked the right subject thats for sure! Also last week, I had a lot of staff meetings and department meetings. I didn't mind them because it was a lot of good information and I learned important things to know for the first week of school.

The administration at this school is very good at communicating. I knew what the schedule was for the first days of school, forms to give out and basically everything you could ever possibly need to know before school starts. Everything at this school seems just so put together and organized.

Yesterday, was freshman orientation. Fun Fact of the day: I teach a total of 100 9th graders!!!!
It was hard to keep up with them by the end of the day I had ZERO energy. It was so bad that I literally vegged out on the couch all night. Today was a normal "A" day which means I teach 3 90 minute sections of 9th grade science. 2nd and 3rd period went really smooth. I was overall happy with how it turned out. 4th period will definitely be my challenge class. (WHY do I have to have a challenge class!?! can't all my classes be super easy to teach for once?!) The problem with 4th period is that they have SO much energy and they are antsy at the end of the day/after lunch. I need to think of some better strategies for dealing with high energy students.

Tomorrow will be a "B" day which means I teach 1 90 minute section of 9th grade science and 2 90 minute sections of Forensics (11th and 12 grade!!) I can wait to meet my upperclassmen.

Until tomorrow...