On Par

Seven months, that seems to be about par for the amount of time between blogs for me. During the course of the last seven months much has happened. The January blog makes mention of my new grandson, who is now 6 months old and other 2007 happenings. Since the purpose of "Just Living" is journaling about life, I'll take a little time to share where our life currently is.

I applied, enrolled and was accepted to Lamar University's online educational leadership program. My major is administrative leadership and upon successful completion I will be qualified to receive a Texas principal certification. That will involve passing a state test sometime in the spring-early summer of 2009.

During the spring we had some fun with track. We weren't an extremely gifted team, but worked hard every week and had some major successes. Seven-on-seven was great fun as we were able to see our young QBs improve the skills that they worked on during the athletic period off season each week. If some of our lineman will just get a little bigger we should have a rewarding season next year.

One of the highlights of the instructional year was the TAKS results. Fifteen of my 38 algebra 1 students made commended, which helped with the sting of having only an 85% pass rate. One hundred percent of my 7th grade math class passed the TAKS with a 70 or better, so I was pumped for them. I also got to do four weeks of tutoring for at risk 8th graders during the spring and that was rewarding as all but 3 of them passed.

The summer has been hectic. I was invited to teach SSI for the 8th graders making their third attempt at passing the TAKS. I don't know how my 10 did, but I know that each one of them made some great strides in math.

Also, this summer I've been able to spend time online and in person with our grandson. He has grown exponentially. He's almost crawling and has a laugh that will melt your heart. I'm hoping to see him one more time next week.