A new Year, New Posts :)

So, this year I'm embarking on a journey in a new charter school of Kansas City, funded by a very prestigious organization. I'm both excited, intimidated and scared at the expectations and results that all figure we will achieve. The school is set up after high-performing charter schools all over the country with a 7-5 school day for students, including science, reading, writing, math, history and P.E everyday. I will teach history.

I think those of us who are working there are hoping that the school will be outside the norm of what many Kansas City schools have become, and we are hoping that it will show the city that all students can learn, and in big ways. We're hoping it will be sustainable for us and for our students so that they all graduate from college.

Even though I have finished my Teach for America commitment, and was expecting that that would be some of the toughest times I've had in teaching, I think this year will definitely present its own challenges.

I'm excited though, to embark on this adventure with amazing colleagues, some who I have known for several year, even lived with. The year will be exciting for us, two of us engaged,one newly married, and others who are experiencing their own excitement.

I hope to be more consistent with my blogging this year, and hope that I can also keep it more sin typos (I'm still thinking in Spanish).

So, the year will begin August 1st, kids come August 29th. For the next week I'm just going to relax after a summer of writing curriculum and planning for the new year. That way I'll be refreshed and ready to begin :)