I didn't realize I hadn't updated since October! Obviously, a lot has happened since then...we ended one school year and are getting ready to start another!
I did get my 9th student that I had mentioned in the October post, however, she was not as high needs as people kept saying. She was totally adorable and other than her getting out of the classroom and running across the playground, one shoe on and one shoe off, and the occasional run down the hallway, she was fairly easy to manage!
I came back from Christmas break, engaged! :-) <3 We are getting married in January 2015 and are so excited to start our lives together.
We managed to get through the school year up to May with relative ease. The kids started to get more verbal and demonstrate their abilities more consistently. We made it through alternate assessments as well as can be expected. And then came May...
My district last year started doing IEP's around the time of the kids' birthdays instead of waiting until the end of the year, like my first couple of years. This is supposed to cut down on the amount of meetings and paperwork....it doesn't. And just when you think you are ahead of your ten million deadlines, something else pops up, like another deadline...or...a new student...or the district deciding to move a student to middle school for next year, the day before all of the paperwork is due! And all of this happened this year...I DID get another student...the last week of school...with high medical needs and he needed to be fed by a tube for an hour and we didn't have the right doctor's orders, so mom had to come in and do it...it was a fun last week of school. We had a big end of the year party b/c I had one student moving to middle school, two students moving to a less restrictive program and I am moving to a new school next year...I'm moving up to middle school!
My fiance and I just got home from a vacation to visit family and friends in Ohio! It was a fun trip that included a wedding shower thrown by my maid of honor and one of my bridesmaids! Earlier this summer, we put an offer in on a house that we found and are set to close on August 15. We are super excited about this! Needless to say, we still have to pack and get some things done in the next few weeks. Teachers go back on August 11, however I am transitioning a couple of students back the week before for a couple hours in the morning! Throw in the fact that our wedding is a little over 5 months away! Crazy times ahead! Stay tuned for our fun adventures!
