Weekly Wrap-Up

I may have posted that I am going to be teaching middle/high school art this fall.  Well, I am taking that class over for a teacher who left mid-semester, while I was subbing in the Reading class.  This school has only been open a year, so he was the first art teacher and I am pretty much starting the program over again. .  They are building the high school, and that should be ready by January 2016.  Until then, I will have 6-10th grade art, and a mixed class of 7-10th graders for Advanced Art.  

The kids have had a couple of subs since he left, and things weren't going as smoothly as they should have been.  Many supplies had to be thrown out, but there are some I can salvage.  I like everything in it's place, so I have to go through and figure that out.  I also submitted a list of supplies, but there are more that I need to get.  I'm collecting a lab fee, and I would like to get every student a sketchbook to work from.  I saw one teacher use this, and I really liked the way she had the students use them.  Plus, it's something cool they can keep and continue to use. 

I headed back into my classroom to get some things done on Friday--what a mess! Almost all of the furniture was in one corner, but I managed to move the heavier stuff around.  I just need to set the tables and chairs. I'm still debating on whether or not I will use the tennis balls I 'inherited' on the legs of the chairs so that the teacher below me doesn't go crazy will the noise from chairs on the floor.  I was subbing in the classroom below, so I know that that was like!

 I put up one of the bulletin boards--I tried using a plastic table cover like I saw on Pinterest, and that worked well.  Covered the whole board easily, but I just need to go up on the ladder and fix the top edge.  I bought the other table cloth somewhere else, and it was too thin--could see right through it--so I will have to wait on that one.  I forgot about the board in the hallway, so I need another table cover for that one too.  

I still have to go back and totally organize the 2 cabinets full of supplies, and clean out the file cabinet that was left full of stuff.  I cleaned out the desk, but I still need to get in there with a rag and clean out the food crumbs---yuck!  

I still have several things I need to finish making that I would like to have up in the classroom by my desk.  I will add some pictures, also.