Friday, August 29, 2008
Exactly one year
So, my last post was exactly one year ago. What a year.
Okay, now onto this year. Today is the last day of the first week of 2008-09.
Highlights from this week:
Bryan had to go home on the first day because his eye turned bright red. We all thought it was pink eye, so I sent him to the nurse. He went to the doctor, got a note that assured it was just allergies, and was back at school by 9th period.
We decided on a T-Shirt! Neal got his wish; our T-shirt has a dolphin.
We moved into a new room for this school year. We are now living with yearbook in room 137. So far, it's been a great change. On the first day, a few of us still walked habitually into 135, but Mrs. Neiss was nice about it. To be honest, I'm feeling pretty at home in the new publications room. I really like all of the pubs kids and being able to talk publications all day long.
Some other changes for this year:
As the adviser, I'm trying to take myself out of the day-to-day decisions and monitoring business. The editors are now in charge of keeping track of who makes deadlines. I will just be the one to award points at the end of the issue. We also now have a hierarchy chart which outlines whom people should talk to about problems or questions that they have before they come to me.
So far, I have been able to talk to students about balancing their school responsibilities so they can have a life, to Dan about how we should run PodCats, and to Luke about how to set up our advertising business. It's been nice to be able to talk to students about journalism, not just grades and rules.
Okay, now onto this year. Today is the last day of the first week of 2008-09.
Highlights from this week:
Bryan had to go home on the first day because his eye turned bright red. We all thought it was pink eye, so I sent him to the nurse. He went to the doctor, got a note that assured it was just allergies, and was back at school by 9th period.
We decided on a T-Shirt! Neal got his wish; our T-shirt has a dolphin.
We moved into a new room for this school year. We are now living with yearbook in room 137. So far, it's been a great change. On the first day, a few of us still walked habitually into 135, but Mrs. Neiss was nice about it. To be honest, I'm feeling pretty at home in the new publications room. I really like all of the pubs kids and being able to talk publications all day long.
Some other changes for this year:
As the adviser, I'm trying to take myself out of the day-to-day decisions and monitoring business. The editors are now in charge of keeping track of who makes deadlines. I will just be the one to award points at the end of the issue. We also now have a hierarchy chart which outlines whom people should talk to about problems or questions that they have before they come to me.
So far, I have been able to talk to students about balancing their school responsibilities so they can have a life, to Dan about how we should run PodCats, and to Luke about how to set up our advertising business. It's been nice to be able to talk to students about journalism, not just grades and rules.
