After 4 wonderful years teaching in Stoughton, I had to say goodbye. A position opened up in our city and applying for the new job was one of the hardest things I've had to do. I absolutely loved my school in Stoughton. So much so that I had my two daughters do the commute with me so that they could attend school there as well. It was a wonderful, beautiful building full of amazing staff members and friends. I will forever cherish my memories there.
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Melanie and Amelia's last day of 2nd grade and last day at Sandhill |
In my new teaching position I will be working only a few minutes from my house which is a HUGE perk after doing a 40 minute commute (in WISCONSIN on back country roads!!) for 4 years. I am really excited to finally be working in my community! It's been so great to see so many familiar faces in the schools again.
I will be teaching at Barrie Elementary and Rockwell Elementary. Both schools have art rooms in the basement, BUT I DO have windows in both rooms! The space in both rooms is nice and storage is ok. Everything will be a bit of an adjustment as my former room was HUGE, had 4 sinks, a GIANT walk in store room and a separate room for clay. Both of my new rooms have only 1 sink and it's in the store room, so learning to work without a sink will be an adjustment.
I was pleased to see that I have smartboards and document cameras in both my new rooms! YES!! And both rooms have some nice features that I'm excited to work with.
My most favorite thing? I GET TO PAINT my walls!!! I was never allowed to paint the walls in my former classroom at my principal's request. I have been having a blast painting all week at Barrie which was almost completely white save for one green wall.
Cheers! I'll post my progess pictures up as I get finished with certain areas! I'm so thrilled to finally make my art rooms my own. These will be my 'forever' rooms.