End of Summer Days ...

It is almost time to start school again and these last, HOT days of summer are fading.  I'm excited though!  I always look forward to meeting our new families and getting back together with NOVA's faculty and staff. I wanted to share a few things with you as we transition into this new school year:

Blogs:  Both new teachers Mr. Kehoe and Mr. Jeff have started their blogs.  Be sure to check them out by following the links at the right.  Mr. Kehoe's, especially, is filled with information already.  Be sure to check out his climbing page ... he is clearly not afraid of heights!

Schedules:  Fall schedules will be visible on Teacherease by Monday morning, August 29.  Please let me know if you see any errors, but as usual you know that I won't change your schedule just because it doesn't thrill you.  Deal; you'll learn to love it or at least live with it until the winter trimester, eh?

New Student Schedules:  If you are a new student you have basically two choices:  Wait until the Wednesday evening's parent orientation where we will be passing out hard copies of the schedules OR send me an email and I will hook you up right now!  (This can also be done by simply replying to this post) 

I hope you have all had a relaxing, exciting, and fun-filled summer as I have.  Here are just a few pictures of some highlights:

 Every August we vacation with my entire family to Eastern Washington where we stay in a cabin for a full week.  I have been taking this trip since I was 10, but the number of people has obviously increased dramatically since that time!  In this picture (from left to right) Mr. Jeff, Laurel, Carl, Me, Ella, and Erik are sitting on the front steps of our cabin.

 At the cabin there is nothing to do except swim, eat, read, play games, go out on the boat, and sleep.  I LOVE this vacation ... no electronics, no phones.  This year they didn't even have newspapers delivered!

 Laurel and Ella out on the boat.  We like to make nightly beaver-runs around the lake to watch them swim and whack their tails on the water.

A monumental moment for us this year was taking Laurel to her freshman orientation at college.  She's attending The University of Puget Sound, Carl's alma mater, and is nervous and excited at the same time.  Ella, Carl, and I took her up; this picture is outside of her dorm.  We will miss her, but are super thrilled she's starting this fabulous time in her life. 



See you all soon!!!
Mo ;-)