“That we leave our homes, that we step through our doors to the world, that we travel our whole lives not because we want to collect exotic T-shirts, not because we want to consume foreign adventure the same Western way we consume plastic and Styrofoam and LCD TVs and iPads, but because it has the power to renew us—not the guarantee, not the promise, just the possibility. Because there are places our imaginations can never construct for us, and there are people who we will never meet but we could and we might. It reminds us that there is always reason to begin again.” - Stephen Markley, Tales of Iceland or "Running with the Huldufólk in the Permanent Daylight"
Soooo the good news is we have met our goal of doing a fire drill before the weather changes, the bad news is we had two...unintentionally! Uggg…two of our grade 1 boys decided (on consecutive days) that they wanted to know what happened when one pulls the fire bell. Well, what happens is the well-attended Area meeting gets evacuated as the Principal runs around and checks the bathrooms she knows are empty and stands in front of the 250 students while the bell-puller sobs into his lunch kit. No silver lining you say? There TOTALLY was - our kids rocked the fire drill protocol and were really amazing as we talked to the fire department, for the second time in two days, apologizing for the mischief that is six year old little boys. On another note, I believe my Icelandic best buddy has made some new friends! (She claims the picture was for her grandson but just LOOK at that smile! I think the grandson angle is a cover… ;O)) We did start our day in a more serious way at our Area 4 Level meeting. These meetings are an opportunity for elementary Ps to gather and discuss context-specific concerns (KG ELL, Alternative Programs etc). We are joined halfway through by our Jr and Sr High counterparts and share the system specific info regarding things like Admin Regulation updates, School De embraced Dadda with open arms, many of them asking if she needed another school to visit during her stay. #Area4IsAwesome We are ending the evening side by side on the couch, laptops in hand, blogging about our adventures. There may or may not be a beverage and chips close at hand...bring on Thursday!
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AuthorAubrey: "Leader of the Elves"....that's me. Mom of two amazing guys, wife to one bigger (yet no less amazing) guy and teacher of little ones. Blogging about the adventures (usually with my rubber chicken in tow) is one of my favourite things. Archives
April 2019
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