Saturday, November 19, 2016
SNOW STORM- 3 HR EARLY RELEASE
As I am sure most of you experienced, we had a snow storm on Friday! I had originally not thought much of this storm, since I live closer to the cities. When I arrived at school on Friday, it was raining and super windy. The morning went on and still no snow. Our Kindergarten class had computer lab at 9:30 and while there, my CT let me know that school would most likely be ending early. Sure enough, the principal made the announcement 2 minutes later. The snow had started. What surprised me most about this day was that everyone still had to eat lunch, even though they were closing at 11:05 and it was currently 9:45! The staff was extremely efficient at getting everyone through the lunch line, and back to their classrooms to eat. I felt chaotic and panicked inside for the teachers and students, but they did not seem to reflect this same feeling. Whether they were feeling it or not, they did a wonderful job at staying calm and getting what needed to be done, done.
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I was so surprised on Friday that they decided to send all the kids to school! To me it didn't make sense to send all the kids to school with the impending storm, just to send them all home in the middle of the day. I didn't know this, but when they release school early, that have to feed the students before they can go! It was a little hectic at our school getting every in order. A lot of our students rely on routine and when something is different they can get upset with the sudden changes. But we got all the students where they needed to be, and although we ended up staying an hour later that usual, it was good to help our CT and see what sudden improvisation looks like!
ReplyDeleteI agree that the staff was extremely efficient! My CT was so certain that they wouldn't close early, but even with her not being very prepared or anticipating, after the announcement she remained calm and prepared the students in a relaxed manner that helped all involved. It surprised me how much the staff was excited about the snow day, as I thought they would've been really concerned with how that was going to affect the content they wanted to get delivered for the week.
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