First I want to apologize to anyone who’s been looking for some updates to this page since Thursday. You haven’t gotten them, have you? That’s my fault. Last week was incredibly busy. My husband’s parents have been ill, so I’ve been helping out with them; his aunt came in from Florida, and we needed some family time with her, and to handle family issues. My mom’s birthday was this past weekend, so on that side of the family we did celebrations, and i had to get ready to attend a WV department of Education Teacher Leadership Institute that started Sunday afternoon. It turns out we’re working pretty hard here at this institute, and I don’t have a lot of extra time. So . . . I’ll keep putting stuff up, and I’m sorry I haven’t gotten to this blog sooner!
Friday, June 22, was the final day of camp for the summer of 2007. Friday’s are always half day sessions, and we had a good one. The teacher facilitators asked the students to do a writing that was sort of like a combination of list poems and poetry poker. They used different colored balloons to help the campers get into groups. Then they did a final publishing craft in which they put poems written on Thursday onto rocks. They looked super cool. Campers also got to finish their tissue box covers, if they hadn’t done that completely. By the end of the morning campers helped us get everything cleaned up and put away. That was a lot of work since we were in my personal classroom and we had to get most of the furniture and fixtures moved to the center of the room since LHS will be painted this summer.
Overall camp this year went really well. Kudos to Karen Dillon, Linda McKnight and Pam Roeher for putting on a fabulous program for the students. What was wonderful is they were already having conversations that involved phrases like: NEXT YEAR . . .
One thing I definately learned is that next year if we’re going to continue blogging camp we need to have a dedicated person whose job it is to do the blogging. It turned out to be a terrific idea, but more than I could handle on my own! As evidenced by how slow I’ve been getting the last stuff put up. I promise everyone — I WILL get stuff put up this week some time! I have not forgotten!
I remember looking at my baby pictures
I remember learning how to ride my bike
I remember my first vacation
and it was to Tennessee
I remember the first day at the lake
I remember the first fish I ever caught
I remember going to the circus
even though I thought it was scary
I remember when I was baptized
But my favorite memory is yet to come.
Ronica
Sweet, pretty, caring, respectful
Sibling of no one
Lover of Orlando Bloom, God, Family
Who fears the dark
Who needs the Lord and Love
Who gives happiness to everyone
Who would like to see heaven
Resident of West Virginia
Hensley
I remember when I met papaw
I remember my first dog
I remember my first day at school
I remember my first friend
I remember my second friend
I remember my third friend
I even
Remember my fourth friend
But my favorite memory is yet to come
Jonathan
Kind, thoughtful, smart, caring
Sibling of Tony
Lover of games
Who fears snakes
Who needs forgiveness
Who gives scares
Who would like to see Hollywood
Resident of West Virginia
Adkins
Hunter
Nice, kind, caring, loyal
Sibling of Aidan
Lover of animals
who fears wolves
who needs forgiveness
who gives forgiveness
who would like to see the Statue of Liberty
Resident of WV
Napier
I remember my first trip to New York
I remember big buildings in Times Square
I remember buggy rides and
touring Central Park
I remember walking for hours
I remember eating at cool places
I remember going to see Lion King
even I thought it was beautiful
I remember going to the Statue of Liberty
but it was not what I thought it was
Brooke
Kind, smart, nice, sweet
Sibling of no one
Lover of Yorkies, God, Cats, Family, friends
Who fears Ron, Heroes the TV show, people who eat live fish
Who needs to be forgiven if needed
Who gives friendship, prayer and praise
Who would like to see tomorrow
Resident of West Virginia
Mollett
I remember going to New York
I remember the long hours on the bus.
I remember the soft beds
and the best TV
I remember the trip back
I remember it was quick
I remember playing cards
even the bathroom was neat.
I remember when my Mamaw picked us up
But my favorite memory is yet to come
Jordan
Smart, kind, thoughtful, nice
Sibling of no one
lover of dogs, cats, God, Jesus
who fears sharks, snakes
Who need to go to be early
who gives everyone a happy hello
who would like to see cousin Kriston
Resident of West Virginia
Workman
