Pe@ce at NVS

Today is the first day of school and the kids have just left. It was great first day with new faces and old friends coming back. We made a peace chain today that I took a picture of. All the kids made their hopes and dreams pictures and I had them do one too on a picture of MAC with wings- they thought it was hilarious. This year I learned from last year. I did not play silent ball but instead we circled up and talked about what we learned over the summer and how we were going to take those lessons into this year. All of my classes went really well and the kids and I decided that next week we would sit down with our curriculum and talk about what assignments would fit each of the standards. I am glad to see some of my 7th graders back and hope that they are happy here again. As such a small school we have a close community that allows for certain freedoms but can also stifle some kids. The middle school students do not have a lot of freedom to choose classes or go from class to class by themselves. It is hard to see them learning how to navigate in a large high school without the practice of a big middle school.

As a teacher I can help them by giving more projects and self-motivated asssignments. This will allow them to be independent and try different things.