Postion change at work

So, the last few weeks have been crazy with my job. If you didn't know I was informed that I was being moved to a different building 3 weeks before school was supposed to start. I was so frustrated and disappointed....I loved my school and the thought of being taken away from it was very difficult to bear.

Well, school started August 24th, and I began at my new school. I was not happy about it at all, but I was grateful it was still a job...especially in a time when so many people are without jobs. Although the teachers were very nice...it just wasn't the same.

Wednesday, September 2nd, I was eating lunch and the principal from my new building called me out and asked if she could talk to me. I was then greeted by my principal from my old building. They proceeded to tell me that they had an issue and they thought I could be of assistance. They needed to open up a new section of 1st grade. What had happened was that last year there were 4 sections of 1st grade, but since one teacher looped to 2nd grade with her same class...that left only 3 classes....there were about 27 kids in each class (which is way too many for 1st grade). I was asked to take the position, since it would be the easiest transition for the students being that I worked with most of them in Kindergarten last year.

So, Wednesday (that same day) was my last day at Avon, and Thursday and Friday were spent setting up my classroom. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful class at Prairieview!!! They are seriously like family. I was greeted and welcomed back by so many people!!!

I never could have gotten my room ready if it weren't for the help of my wonderful friends Vanessa, Mary, Ester, Rae Ann, Sue and of course my 1st grade team (Amy, Steph, and Cayla).

Tuesday was my first day with the kids. It was a little overwhelming, but I'm so excited!!! I have 17 students, of those 7 are my ELL students from last year...I only didn't know 5 of them, since they are new to the district this year.

It is so amazing how God works...because I had prayed and prayed that something would change so that I would be able to go back to Prairieview, but still the first day of school came and nothing. Tuesday, the day before I went back to PV was the first day that I finally let go of my anger regarding the situation, and they next day God moved and I was able to go back to my HOME!!!!

God is so good!!!

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!!!!

It's so crazy that another school year has flown by. There were times when it felt like school was never going to come to an end....but it's HERE!!!! Yesterday was actually the last day for Kindergarten...today was just 1 hour for students 1-4 grades.

I had so many fun memories with the Kindergartners! There are those who will always have a special place in my heart! Like little James, always ready with hugs at any time, "I love you Mrs. Johnson, you're the best teacher in the wide world," he would say! Then there are those who you aren't too disappointed to pass along to another teacher for the following year.

Having completed my 2nd year at Prairieview, I have really enjoyed and loved it! I am very sad to be losing some AMAZING coworkers. I think I will miss the wonderful office ladies the most! You know, you can really tell a lot about a school when you walk in and are greeted by the secretaries. They have all been so wondeful and it is not going to be the same next year. I will also miss Melissa, who I have had the pleasure working with for the past 2 years. She is so sweet, thoughtful, and very creative! We have not only built a relationship as co-workers, but also as friends. Who am I going to walk out of the building with everday now????

Although I'm super excited the school year is over, I will be teaching summer school this year. It's only 18 days though...which is NOT too bad! I'll be teaching 1-2 grade Spanish, 1-2 grade Reading, and 3-4 grade Beginning Acting! I'm very excited to have this oppportunity! It's only from 8:30-11:30, so I will still have the rest of the day to do the things I want to anyway!

Well, it's almost time to leave the school...I better finish getting together the things I want for the next couple months.

Tata for now!
Kryssia

time flies by...

Well, I can't believe how fast this year has gone...in less than 2 months Ryan and I will have been married for a year already. It has been awesome so far! I feel that we are exactly were God wants us right now...although I do not care to live in Illinois the rest of my life. It's such a fun journey waiting on God to lead us and guide us through every stage of life. I would love to be able to live closer to family, but the tough part is if we live closer to my family...it's far from Ryan's family and the same the other way around. Family is such an important part of both of our lives and it would be great to live close to both families!

Here at school we counted up the number of school days until summer and we only have 28 days left...that's nuts! This school year has gone by pretty fast when I think about it, but sometimes I feel that it doesn't go fast enough. Well, as of right now, I'm signed up to teach summer school, as long as my classes fill up (which hopefully they will) ...so technically my summer won't start until July 8th.

Is it just me...or does time go much faster the older you get?

2 days in a row!!!!

So, this is officially a record!! Two blogs back to back! Well, today is Friday, and boy have I ever been more happy for a Friday to come! The week seemed to go by kinda fast, all except for today.

We took the kids out to the big playground!!! You would think that would be exciting...but we had 2 potty accidents...oh boy! At least it was a nice sunny day today!

I went to Portillo's for dinner with Ryan, my Aunt Karen, Uncle Don, and cousin's Michelle and Janelle. Janelle just graduated today from Navy bootcamp. It was nice to get to see her! I look forward to getting to spend some time tomorrow with the family checking out the sight of Chicago!!! Hopefully I'll have some pictures and stories to post....but for now, I'm super tired!