News From Mrs. Blaney
April - June, 2019
The End of a School Year
School officially ended on June 6, and it's pretty quiet around here, with the exception of the construction noises.This is an apt quote for teachers from Justin Minkel's blog post, 'We've Said Goodbye to This Year's Students. Now It’s Time to Take Care of Ourselves':
'"It’s a few minutes past 3 p.m. on that last day of school, when all the kids are suddenly gone, and the silence is deafening. No more shouts, no scrape of chair legs, no relentless grinding as the pencil sharpener gnaws painted wood to the nub.
There’s a deeper kind of silence, too: a momentary vanishing of our purpose. Who are we now, without those children who depended on us all year to create the conditions they needed to become stronger thinkers and better people?
Who is a teacher with no one to teach?"
I'm hoping our teachers are starting to take care of themselves this week!
Construction is Underway
Another area under construction is our playground. We are getting all new asphalt and soft surfaces as well as new play equipment. The old asphalt is being ground down to the core, and every surface will be graded and evened out before the new school year starts.
The last area getting a facelift is our library. This is thanks to the LCE PTA. The library will be getting new carpeting, shelves, and paint. We've had some great help from scouts who have emptied all the shelves so that the books can be moved out while everything else gets done.