The Whirl-Wind that is the End of the Year...

Bittersweet.

That is the best way to describe my feelings towards the end of the school year.

To back-track a little bit, I finally received my students science TAKS scores... although it may not be appropriate... I told my students that they were "murderers" because they killed the science TAKS! (They loved the play on words).

Honestly though, my students did an awesome job on the science TAKS. Out of both of my sections of science classroom, I only had two students not pass. I could not believe the fantastic results. The credit is not all due to me, since my students also see a science lab teacher during the day (who is awesome and my mentor), but I am still very proud of their accomplishments. Way to go Berry!!

Back to the end of the school year...

The last student day was on Thursday, May 27th. It snuck up on me pretty fast. It seems like just the other day I was trying to pronounce my students names and try to maintain some type of order in my classroom, and now it is already the end of the school year.

My students have definitely grown on me. I am going to miss each and every one of them collectively and individually. I am excited and scared for them for what is to come.

I know that some of them will make it, and reach their goals and dreams, but unfortunately, statistically, a large percentage of them will not. I hope and pray that their next teacher cares about them just as much or more than I did. I hope they are motivated and inspired to reach their full potential, because at times, I have had each one of my students prove to me that they were full capable of achieving great things. They just need someone to help them understand and realize that.

Hopefully I was able to leave my students with something. Whether it was a desire, motivation, inspiration, or encouragement... I just hope I was able to contribute in making their life a little bit better. It is hard to let my students go... they will be middle schoolers next year. What a crazy thought! I have been to some of the middle schools (for trainings) and I am worried about what is in store for my kids. I wish them all the best.