One heck of a busy week & ACES weekend

Just give me one second to catch my breath..... phew.... ok. 

So I'm teaching all classes but two now. Unfortunately no real exciting updates on the classroom front. My horticulture students have continued observing there lab and completing other tasks in between. My freshman continue along with learning animal science. We played a review game of breed jeopardy on species we've learned so far and it went pretty well. I think the students will ace animal science. My first week with ENR went pretty well. The student's seem interested and willing to learn the content. My landscape class and I are chugging along with pesticide certification.

On Friday, It was time for our Mock Interview Seminar with PSU. It was great to have these test runs to learn what to expect. I learned so many interviewing, resume and cover letter skills. We also had the opportunity to talk to a school from Maryland who came to pitch there job position to us. I fell in love with the job and I will continue to talk to them and hopefully get the job! Wish me luck!




Last but certainly not least, it was our chance for ACES weekend. We took 5 underclassmen down to Harrisburg, not far from my hometown. I think it gave them some insight of how far I truly am from home. Haha. Unfortunately, 1 of our girls got really sick on Saturday and Mr. Honeycutt had to drive her back home. It gave me however time to really bond with the student's. The teacher workshop on the Chesapeake was cool and was perfectly matched with one of my passions. I wish it however would have been a little better organized and more informative. The student's and I met up for dinner and shared a delicious meal. It never disappoints. After dinner was the dance, I was so surprised to see my shy underclassman girls jump right in the crowd. I even convinced 1 of my boys to join them on the floor. I joined my cohort mates to people watch and monitor on the sidelines. We came to the conclusion however that even thou we couldn't join the students on the floor, who said we couldn't have our own dance crew. We got down to many line dances and joined in the fun from our sidelined position. It was nice to have a little fun. Afterwards was reflections, and I had to comfort one of my student's who it hit really close to home. I understand her pain, and we talked it out for a little afterwards. I hope maybe seeing that I am human with a really caring soul will continue to help my bond with the students.

Craig & Kasey

Hailey & Summer