Quick post: Catching Up On The Year

I'm going to attempt to cover my year so far....In no particular order.

Red Ribbon Week!!

We decided to have a little fun and support Red Ribbon Week using Mr. Mackey from South Park. Each grade had a "Mr. Mackey" board. I think we enjoyed it more than the students. 

Word Walls!!

We wanted to promote college during "Education! Go Get It!" Week. We loosely defined college as any and all post-secondary options: 2-year college/university, 4-year college/university, military, trade/technical school, workforce, etc. We had a financial aid word wall and a college word wall. 

Marching Storm!!

Prairie View A&M's band, the Marching Storm, performed for our students before the State Fair Classic. We wanted to expose our students to college life, different types of schools and different types of bands. 

Ugly Sweater Contest!!

I entered an ugly sweater contest...and WON!!!! I won Most Creative. My sweater had lights and an annoying chirping bird. My (counselor) coworker won Best Holiday Sweater.

My sweater

My co-worker's sweater--Best Holiday Sweater

My co-worker's sweater. Unfortunately, she didn't win :(

#2 won Ugliest. Yes, that is hair on the sweater. LOL!! 

Winning sweaters: #12: Most Creative; #14: Best Holiday 

NBCSL!!

We took a group of students to the National Black Caucus of State Legislators' Conference in Dallas. Rickey Smiley was the keynote speaker.

 

Lights Out!!

We had a power outage, but school must go on :) We were the welcoming committee and crowd control. We had a good time on our "porch."

I think I covered almost everything. 

Until next time...

Quick Post: Life of a Senior Counselor

I asked one of our student assistants to update my bulletin board with the graduation date.  She did an EXCELLENT job!!!!! She wrote "2015" on each tassel. #AttentionToDetail

First Week of School

{My goal is to update my blog weekly.  Week one: accomplished!}

One week down!! Not sure how many to go. LOL! The first week was as busy as expected.  

I spent most of the week changing schedules. I was kind of surprised how many of my seniors did not want to take a 5th year English class. Texas only requires 4 years. I tried to convince them to stay in English (AP English Literature) because they will take an English class in college.  My principal and AP wanted them in it too, but approved them to drop AP Lit for another AP course, additional music period (if they are going to major in music in college) or another rigorous course.  

Thankfully, the deadline for students to request schedule changes was Thursday.  Counselors have until the 10th day of school to make changes. I have a few more changes to make Tuesday and then I'll be finished!---Hopefully! I'll probably have to balance some classes, but no more changes!! 

I am starting my senior meetings next week.  Classroom visits first and then individual meetings.  I want to meet with all 250+ of my seniors individually before Open House (October 15).  

Instagram Photo Challenge

Found this Instagram Photo Challenge on Pinterest. It's not my senior year, but I have seniors so it counts :)  Here is the challenge and my week 1 picture.  

Instagram Photo Challenge

Week 1 Photo: First day of school...Registration in the library

And just because it's National Bacon Day...

MMMMMMM.....Bacon!!!!!