So tonight Amy is not the blogger,  and I am looking at the computer screen knowing I have a tough act to follow.  Her posts have been informative, witty, touching...simply well done.

              I am writing my first blog entry...ever and at 9:00 PM it might take a bit to find wit or anything informative hitting the keyboard!

What to write about...hmmmm.........
                       I suppose I have quite a few options since the past three weeks have been filled with quite a bit of activity.  OK....instead of talking about the past three weeks, or even the events of today, why don't I address what lies ahead!?
                The future.... 

               In the coming weeks.....

        We will see more attention to academics with math games from Everyday Math and literacy blocks filling up with engaging lessons as the teachers and students settle in even more than they have in the two and a half weeks of operation. 

                  We will see dance moves that become more second nature to the children as they continue to work with instructors from Spotlight Dance Studio.  We will see teachers and students build relationships that reflect comfort and ease with known boundaries and expectations.

                           We will watch children to eagerly await time with their Teaching Artists as they anticipate the next step in the process. 

                                        We will watch as schedules and procedures that are so explicitly thought about now, become routine...leading to very well run classrooms (not to say that we are not seeing well run classrooms already!!). 

                                                    We will continue to see nutritious snacks and meals being provided and even more children embracing salads and fruit as they are offered regularly. 

                                                          We will see children move through 30 minutes of physical activity with much more ease as their bodies grow stronger and build more endurance. 

                                                               We will see young teachers grow in their chosen field through actual clinical experience....finding out first hand what works, what doesn't, and then seizing the opportunity to modify and try something that just might be precisely right! 

                                                                     We will see many more challenges, many more opportunities to learn and grow,
                                                           but most importantly....
       
....... we will see children learning....
      ............we will see young teachers growing ....
              ..........we will see progress....
                      .......we will see something called great success! 

Carpe' Diem!

Leanne   (aka  Dr. Roberts)