Every year our junior high goes to Camp Lakeview in Seymour, Indiana, to have school in the outdoors.  It's a fun 3 days, although it is exhausting for an old adult like me.  It takes a lot of energy to plan the trip, and then the fresh air, the exposure to 38 middle school students, and all of the walking up and down hills takes its toll.  I have to admit, I kind of dread the whole thing...that is until we are there. 

When we are there, it is absolutely great.  The kids were superb this time.  The weather was warm and pleasant.  We had fun, sang a lot of songs, canoed, went horseback riding, did archery...it was great for everyone involved. 

Now that I am back, I am playing a bit of catch up.  My life has been on hold for a bit, and now I see what's happened while I was thinking about Outdoor Ed!  I am getting a little time right now to regroup, and I am starting to feel renewed.  Praise God.

My classes are finishing mystery stories we started at Outdoor Education.   Some of my students were blessed to be able to choose to use technology (netbooks) to write their stories there.   It's neat to see the projects completed.  I may have to post some of their stories on this site. 

In the meantime, watch for pictures of our adventures at camp.  I hope they'll be posted soon. 

Hi!  These past weeks have been hectic for me.  My family and I have moved to a new home.  We love the new place, but it is filled with boxes of stuff to put away.  Hopefully I'll be able to keep up with my life at school in the midst of this craziness. 

Hey, here's something funny to lift our spirits this week.  Check out this video, Dad Life.  It was made by a church for Father's Day.  Hope you enjoy it. 

Oh, one more thing...the choir did a great job Sunday signing "Create In Me!"  Great work!  I pray that God creates in me a clean heart each day, that I could be renewed to better serve Him.

Another great week.   Today was a beautiful day.  It was a nice break from the heat for the lower grades who don't have air conditioning.  My eighth graders and I took some time outside as a treat, too.  They and the seventh graders faced the homophone challenge.  Both classes were able to amass 250+ homophones this week.  Becuase of their dilligent effort, both recieved brownies as a reward.  Both will have an outside recess, too, a rare thing in junior high. 

Overall, today was a celebration for me.  My family and I are celebrating because we finally sold our house and as of yesterday are moving to a new one.  Yeah!  This made my mood very positive, today.  The excellent students here at TLS were just icing on the cake.  This is all wonderful, but even more wonderful is the gift of eternal life from our Savior, Jesus Christ.  Today in choir we sang several raucous songs, but one was especially meaningful.  See the video below.