Adios from Office 120

So….this is my final blog entry from Office 120.  Come fall, as you walk through the lower level doors of Hirt, you will no longer see 20-30 staff sprawled between the office, hallway and computer lab writing poems on chart paper, dividing snack amongst 12 reusable shopping bags, making copies, teaching each other the latest K-2 dance moves, singing songs, sharing lessons, and the list could go on.  The Carpe Diem Academy will no longer be taking over the lower level of Hirt….we will now be taking over the Middle and Upper levels of Hirt!

When I first started 4 months ago, I entered an office that housed a chair, a desk, and a filing cabinet.  A lot has come through the doors since then……ipads, resource books, manitupaltives, brooms, jelly beans, bleach spray, notebooks, boxes of bananas, and the list could go on. I have to say, I am normally a pretty organized person…but the abundance of materials beat me in the organization battle!

I will now have an office and the supplies will have a separate storage area. With that comes the change of the staff working in one big cluster….that will no longer be….it will be somewhat close….but somewhat spread apart.

Change is upon us….but I am certain many things will stay constant.........

The staff will continue to dance in the hallway and share songs. The staff will continue to plop down wherever they see fit to put the final touches on their lessons. The staff will continue to count out string cheese, yogurt and bananas for the children to enjoy as a healthy snack. The staff will continue to dedicate themselves to being that change in the world….for each day, they enter a classroom with 15 smiling faces…..for each day, they enter a classroom that holds the future. 

Carpe Diem!

-Amy