Campfire Antics

So my job is great for a few reasons...
TOP TEN REASONS TO WORK AT DSST
1) summer break and federal holidays (but we forgot about Cesar Chavez day..ahem)
2) only students know how to use the sound system. staff are all clueless.
3) BSBA (before school basketball association, duh)
4) the kids. after school
5) PLD when we get coffee from Einstein's - we should just hire a barista with Oprah's money. Really. That is what fuels a school and a movement.
6) pi. not pie. is way cool where I work.
7) lunch conversations go something like this, "is normal matter really dark matter?"
8) echoing classrooms. and we are a STEM school
9) the new mayor gives the opening speech for the new school year to staff the first week we start walking up before 10 AM. and I am late. oops
.......drum roll....
10) CAMPFIRE at our retreat in estes. the newcomers spill the beans on most embarrassing moments, truths and dares that reveal the depths of their soul and entertain the oldies with impersonations of staff members, including their new bosses. And they keep their jobs and are some of the best in the country at what we do - educate.

Week 1 with the kids and we are ready to ROCK on. I am SO excited for this year because I get a fresh start at teaching math. And this year - a little something special - I am teaching 10th grade alg/geo so I get some of the same kids from last year :) Gotta love two years with Ms. Karnowski

my greatest hope is that I have strong, positive relationships with all my students.

my greatest fear? that students fail the class.

Oat chocolate chip pecan cookies

It's a small taste of fall....but so good!
They've got pecans, chocolate chips, oats, pumpkin instead of butter, almond extract and fresh nutmeg and cinnamon. So good!!