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Hi everyone! Hope you are having a great summer so far! We are going to try to do some PLC groups next year using WIKI spaces, so that we can 'chat' when it is convenient...online! If you have time, try to play around with this WIKI space to see how it works. Tell us what you've been up to this summer so far. Inbetween interviewing and workin with summer school, spent 2 days at the beach in Hilton Head, SC. How about you? Marcia

I have good news. Two of my three students taking the AP got 5 and one 4. I am very happy with the results. I was able to check the results using the new online system that the AP central implemented this year. Mexico City summer is as always cold and wet, but no matter the weather, I'm very happy to spend time with both my parents and sibblings.Between cooking and doing the dishes, I have been working with Dorinda; I have done several translations for her Pre-K class. Do you have any translations for me to do? I forgot to tell you that I have one month without smoking, isn't that great? BC || I added Beatriz's comments to the wiki space so everyone could see it right here. (It is also in the discussion tab! Beatriz, I saw your scores on Monday. Contratulations!!! They are awesome. You should be very proud! And, congratulations on one month without smoking!! That's awesome! Beatriz, to add to this part click on the "edit" button. MM
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cI have spent time at my mother's home in Cleveland County (home of Knobby -ask Hadley) and am hoping to be moving Ryan to Nashville near the end of the month . [|Knobby video] My brother said this guy was a classmate of mine (he is 2 years older and we had about 350 in each class) so I guess that explains alot, right? VF

 Hi everyone! I've been teaching summer school, traveling a little bit, and working on wedding plans for the fall. I'm definitely looking forward to some beach and book time very soon. Alison

I spent two days at Hilton Head also. How ironic! In fact, I think I remember seeing you there. With my master's degree finally in hand (thought the day would never come), I have no more college assignments, no more blackboard discussions, no more moodles to visit, and no more tests to take where I have to give the correct answer **and** explain why all the other answers aren't correct but could still be reasonably selected by students (20 questions - 15 pages, no kidding). So I have basically been lazy this summer. I just realized the other day that the sun stays in the sky the whole day, and that I actually live on the water. I have had some of the b-ball team on the court some, and have tried to do some running, walking, and playing tennis. OK, this is starting to take the appearance of a bb post, and I'm on vacation, so I'm done. Enjoy the rest of a quickly vanishing summer. Bill

Good job, Beatriz (on your AP scores and even BETTER- not smoking) !!!! Bill, I am glad you are being lazy if only for a little while (like 1 minute). I am VERY happy for you that your college classes are FINISHED and you have the OFFICIAL piece of paper at last. I am very proud of you. You are going to be (and have been) an AWESOME (ha! ha! an overused word this summer) teacher !!! Marcia, I fixed your " a ".Isn't this fun? V

I think that I posted my message in the discussion board instead of posting it in the main page. Well, I am learning. Thank you all for your good wishes and congratulations. Bill, you deserve an award for all the work you did in your masters while you were teaching. Congratulations! Keep enjoying your Summer. BC

I finally watched the Knobby video. . . hilarious! It sounds like Knobby looks a little like Father Time lost in the wild. I'm glad everyone is enjoying their summers. Congrats Beatriz and Bill on your accomplishments! I'll hopefully be spending quality time with BB and Moodle soon. . . I'm working on my grad. school application! AS

Good job Beatriz!!! I fixed your colors also.Youtube has more Knobby videos. Allison,share those with Happy. VF

We have all our staff positions filled now except for English. That one will hopefully be filled next week! If you see Kyshia Wynn around (Brenda's daughter), welcome her...she is our new FACS teacher! (And in an ironic twist of fate, I think Christi took Kyshia's former job in Winston Salem! ) Krystal Davenport, from Pea Ridge, will be teaching social studies, and Charles Watson from Virginia will be teaching math. Can't wait to introduce them to all of you! Thanks for everyone who is participating in this wiki. And Alison, enjoy your brief time off; you and Ariel did a fabulous job in summer school and I thank you (and so do the kids, who actually enjoyed themselves!) A final note...I have invited lots of teachers to join us, so hopefully they will also post soon. MM I'm a little late in joining (my email said do not reply so I didn't). I'm back in the classroom getting stuff together for the new year. I did have a nice summer break. I did a lot of boating, fishing, and hanging out with my wife Laira, and our dogs. I caught a 50 inch Cobia and got within 20 feet of a six foot long Leatherback sea turtle that easily weighed more than a thousand pounds. It is the largest living species of turtle in the world. I also noticed that It's amazing how many people wanted to visit me this year. I wonder if it has anything to do with me living at the beach. LL