The Principal Chronicles continue ... As I sit here (actually stand since I have a standing desk) we are just a couple days out from Fall Break. I know with conferences this week our teachers are ready to take a well-deserved break. For me, it gives me a chance to get a bunch of work done at school that I normally can't get done when the teachers and students are here. I'm going to be finishing lots of projects that I started and have been working on in small chunks. One of which is my podcast around getting to know some of our teachers. If you haven't listened to it, you should check it out. (insert shameless plug - link at end of Chronicles).
Other than that, I am going up to my parents' house in Estes Park for the second half of break. As many of you know, my parents love to have us come up. Let me rephrase that, they love when my daughter comes up (my oldest isn't on break) so they can spoil her and drag her all over Estes, and I just kind of follow along for good measure. It is gorgeous up there and my parents are very outdoor people so we will be hiking and exploring just about everything. Relaxing is not the word I would use for a visit to my parent's house but I am sure my daughter will have all kinds of good fun.
Right now she is down in Larkspur (it is down isn't it?) at Outdoor Ed. It's kind of strange switching to my parent hat for Outdoor Ed. I've been down there about a million times as an educator but this is my first go around as a parent. Totally different feeling. My daughter is well equipped (like I said my parents live in Estes) but we will see how she does on the high ropes course. Hopefully, she will go all the way up but you never know. Some of my loyal readers will remember my dad of the year moment when I made her climb up a climbing wall and she cried all the way to the top. Guess we'll find out.
That is it for this week. From the Principal Chronicles to all of our families: have a safe and wonderful break! We will see you when you are all taller. Until next time, when the Principal Chronicles continue ...
THIS WEEK: I have posted a new podcast for our weekly Staff Chat (available on CTE's YouTube channel - please subscribe and never miss any of the fun!). Each week I will have a short interview with one of our staff members. Please enjoy the second episode with Madison Levine here!