The Bell

We had our End Of Year Staff Celebration this year where awards, service pins, and fun times are had.

Here is the Story of the Story Bell. (Being the name of my school, no pun intended...) After a staff member has been at my school for 5 years, they receive a Story Bell.

Well ladies and gentlemen, I received my bell this year. This is my 9th year of teaching, but my 5th year at Story. And.I.am.so.excited! It is a BIG deal...if you couldn't tell. :)

Here is my AWESOME principal, Mr. Junco, who presented me with my bell. The picture of me and my assistant principal was blurry and didn't come out. :( My phone camera stinks...

Our theme this year was Picnic. We even got to wear flip flops on a Wednesday...YES!! The cute decorations were made by the first graders. It made me want to teach first grade for like one second...then I came back to my senses...

The decoration above says Working at Story is like a Picnic...great food, great people, and the occasional pest!! Then off to the side had two ants. The two ants were the two males who are in our building...our principal and one of the Special Ed teachers. All in good fun...they thought it was funny. :)
One last fun decoration that was on the tables. The first graders created these too and on the inside of the watermelon, they wrote about why they appreciated their teacher...very cute end of the year activity.

In closing, there are 11 more days of school NOT LIKE I'M COUNTING OR ANYTHING!!! And I will be ringing my bell the loudest as we "Ring out the Sixth Graders" on the last day of school.