January 30, 2008

It seems I missed a lot at work yesterday. My principal had breakfast for everyone, which he does every once in a while. I actually knew about that because he told us he was going to do it. But, it seems he's started another rotating award. He's got this large, very heavy gold apple paper weight type thing he is now giving to staff members who have made a lot of progress with their students.

I am the first recipient of this award. I was a little taken aback by this. I really never expected something like that. It's nice to be recognized for what I do. I got it because my kids made the most gains on our DIBELs testing in the building for middle of the year benchmark. So, it was a nice surprise to come back to work to.

I am still feeling like crap, though. So, I'm kind of glad it was my day with two planning periods. We did spend half that time in a grade level meeting, but it was a good meeting, so no wasted time.