Greetings

Hi everyone,
It seems so strange to be not worrying about Lesley work. I agree, DebE - why do I not feel less busy? I have managed to read my book club book way in advance so that's been a nice change, but other than that I don't know what's consumed my time.

I have been thrilled to see the pictures that you guys have sent along from last weekend. I was so bummed to get there only to realize that once again I forgot the video and still cameras. Story of my life.

Looking forward to seeing you guys here on April 12th. Don't have specifics yet, but will get on that shortly and send emails out. I'm thinking along the lines of a pot luckish thing - I'll let you know.

Hope you guys all have a very restful spring vacation. It'll be different won't it - not worrying about a project? I'm heading down (as we've done the last 9 years) to my folks' house in L.V. The boys have a blast just swimming, hanging out with Nana and Papa and eating out. Don and I enjoy the lessened responsibility of taking care of the kids that always comes when we are at my parents' house down south. They sort of take over so we're able to take long walks, have a date night on the strip, play family games, watch some baseball, and just relax.

See you all on the 12th I hope.

Love,
n
ps - I am feeling good about figuring out how to get onto this blog and "communicate".

A few graduation pictures....

Coming in..... Kazoo playing.....
My dad was just taking random pictures, I wish I had more of everyone!

Thanks for the nice picture Margie!

I Miss You All!!!!

What an amazing group of people to have had the pleasure of learning with for the past two years. You all are WONDERFUL and I MISS YOU ALL!!!!! Ok...enough of the sappy stuff! :-)

Hey, wasn't life suppose to slow down now that school is over?????? Scheez!!! My Winter group has their final tomorrow...and I was dumb enough to make it a big take home final...what was I thinking?????...now I have to correct them...good grief!!! And then....I could not understand why one of my students...who is an excellent student...was not getting an "A" in one of the classes...she had done all the work and such...hmmm...mystery...well I solved it...the formulas were messed up on both of my excel grades gizmos!!!!! AAAAHHHH!!!! My NEXT educational endeavor will be a crud load of computer classes....!!!!! If I EVER get this computer business I will be happy!!!

Working on some new puppets...I am also looking for books to adapt my puppets(or new ones) to. Any ideas...let me know. I am looking to work with some of you in the next school year...so if you have ideas as to how I can use puppetry in your classroom...let me know.

Ok..I will stop...hugs and loves to you all...

DebE :-)

Graduation

What an amazing afternoon/evening. I was so excited to see all you again and this time knowing there was no homework required, no syllabi to stress over, NO MORE OF ANYTHING - except fun times. Thanks for the great journey. You are an amazing bunch and I am honored to have learned with all of you.

Erin& CeCe - the party was a smashing success! THANK YOU!

Arts Partners

This is a link to the Arts Partners blog. Arts Partners is the organization that is going to be working with 5 districts (Portland, Hillsboro, Beaverton, N. Clackamas, Gresham?)to develop a (hopefully) comprehensive, integrated, inclusive k-12 arts/community program. Check it out, it is pretty interesting.
http://www.racc.org/artseducation/artspartners.php
Hope you are all well,
Deb

Update from Toni

Hi all,
Toni just called. She asked me to post this and let everyone know she is ok. She said - she (and about 100 other people) are standing at the cove because it is the only place they are getting cell reception. Seaside is under a State of Emergency. No power, no gas, no 911, no nothing. She said it is like a war zone - many windows blown out, some metal buildings are blown, winds were 120+ mph, many trees down. She has not heard from Erin.
Hope you are all ok and not washed away.
Love Deb

Countdown

Only 2 more months - I have to say that this class was the best in a long time. So, if you have any pictures that you want to upload to the blog, give it a whirl. Have a good couple of weeks and a wonderful holiday.
Love you all, Olga