Back to LA and sad news from NYC
Hey all-
I'm back to LA... I don't have internet service at home yet, hence the major lack of updates as well as my never reading my friends pages (I hope things are ok/good in your lives.)
Things are going pretty well here. I'm teaching 8th grade, reading, writing, and science and it's pretty darn cool! I love that the kids are in charge of their own materials so I don't have to worry about it all so much... granted, they don't always do a great job of having all their materials, but whatever.
My vice principal is... A. MAZING! I'm sooo fortunate!!! :)
And life is better than last year... by about a million percent!
I miss NYC though... I do. And I got some sad news this week. Toni-Leigh, the 5-6s teacher at MCS, passed away. It breaks my heart and I'm shocked I will never see her again. She was always smiling in the chaos of the classroom. She often wore a flannel shirt in different colors... and I had a matching gray one. She looked beautiful in orange. I don't really know how old she was, because she seemed so young. Every day when she would say goodbye she'd say "Peace and Love." Peace and Love. Honestly, if I could accomplish that in its truest fashion... that would be pretty incredible.
Toni-Leigh...
I hope on some level you knew I wanted to say goodbye. I wanted to say hello. I wanted you to continue to be my kinda "token cancer survivor." I love you and will remember you fondly. I aspire to have your smile in the midst of chaos! I hope to meet again someday.
Peace and Love,
Joy
I'm back to LA... I don't have internet service at home yet, hence the major lack of updates as well as my never reading my friends pages (I hope things are ok/good in your lives.)
Things are going pretty well here. I'm teaching 8th grade, reading, writing, and science and it's pretty darn cool! I love that the kids are in charge of their own materials so I don't have to worry about it all so much... granted, they don't always do a great job of having all their materials, but whatever.
My vice principal is... A. MAZING! I'm sooo fortunate!!! :)
And life is better than last year... by about a million percent!
I miss NYC though... I do. And I got some sad news this week. Toni-Leigh, the 5-6s teacher at MCS, passed away. It breaks my heart and I'm shocked I will never see her again. She was always smiling in the chaos of the classroom. She often wore a flannel shirt in different colors... and I had a matching gray one. She looked beautiful in orange. I don't really know how old she was, because she seemed so young. Every day when she would say goodbye she'd say "Peace and Love." Peace and Love. Honestly, if I could accomplish that in its truest fashion... that would be pretty incredible.
Toni-Leigh...
I hope on some level you knew I wanted to say goodbye. I wanted to say hello. I wanted you to continue to be my kinda "token cancer survivor." I love you and will remember you fondly. I aspire to have your smile in the midst of chaos! I hope to meet again someday.
Peace and Love,
Joy