- House sitting for a fellow teacher
- Del Sol graduation, followed by food and drinks at an Irish pub
- Rick and Holly visiting Vegas for a week
- Eating at favorite restaurants, including Roberto's taco shop, Bahama Breeze and a Japanese place in China town
- Spending all day with a Realtor, looking at and putting in offers on houses
- Kathy coming to Vegas
- Wandering around the strip a few times
- Visiting the Ethel M's chocolate factory and the Cupcakery (Yummy!)
- Picking cactus brambles out of my thigh
- Driving to Oceanside using Bill's non-directions
- Staying with Tina's parents in their amazing gorgeous home
- Relaxing in the hot tub each night
- Riding a boat out into the ocean and having the dolphins swim with us
- Bill catching a fish, a small fish
- Learning to drive a 4-wheeler through the avocado orchard
- Driving back to Vegas and stopping near the World's Largest Thermometer to get some NoDoz
- A very long nap to recover...
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Family...
The past few weeks have been busy and full of adventures. Here are a few of the highlights...
Monday, June 8, 2009
Worth it...
Over the past few weeks, there have been a few things that have made this school year entirely worth all the hard work I have put in.
- My efforts at pushing the school towards full inclusion have paid off in that more than 4 times the number of Special education students passed the proficiency exams than last year.
- Twice as many sped students graduated this year compared to last year.
- One of my student brought me flowers and a candy lei (filled with life savers) and said thank you for saving my life. I had never been to a sadder meeting, parents/teachers/counselor/student in tears because he wasn't going to graduate - we worked out a deal, and he did an incredible amount of work and is now graduating. He's such a great kid, and I am so glad I was able to help.
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