Graduation 2015

Hello,

I went to the Brunswick High graduation on Friday night. The graduating seniors were from my first class in Brunswick (Jordan Acres 2006). I hope all of those students realize how proud their old teachers are of them. We are happy to have been a small part of their rise to adulthood. I clapped for all of the kids, but I clapped more loudly and enthusiastically for my J.A. fourth graders.

I was impressed with the students speakers at the graduation, but my favorite speech was given by our superintendent, Paul Perzanoski. I meant to copy it here, but I can't seem to copy a PDF file onto this blog without paying for a conversion program. It was a good speech, but you'll have to wait for someone in the tech dept. to help me before you get a chance to read it.

It was nice to see many of you at the ice cream social tonight.

We will have our last homework club tomorrow.

We are working on building machines that combine simple machines all week long. Friday will be our building extravaganza day. The hope is to have some big Rube Goldberg machines all over the classroom. Parents are welcome to come at any time to see our works in progress.

I just finished reporting our class reading scores for the last trimester. We've had some MAJOR improvements. I told the kids that they deserve all the credit. Many of them have put in so much time with their reading this year, that their improvements were inevitable. Every single student improved. I am really looking forward to next year.

I've got a lot to say, but I've got a lot to do too.

Have a good night.

Mr. Shea