A New Year

Today was Sophomore Day at the school. It's always wonderful to meet the students for the first time (and even better, they were wearing name tags! If I could convince them to do that for the next 3 weeks, I'd be SET). I got to meet 115 of my 142 sophomore students; that's a good turn-out!

Sophomore year is huge: the students move up to high school, they attempt the BSCT (80% of them will pass the first time!), and most of them both date and drive this year. I remember vividly being a sophomore, the excitement of the year and how every event was new and wonderful. I hope my students have that same experience, that they enjoy each moment that the year brings.

The day ended with ice cream and t-shirts for the sophomores. The student council was wearing all blue, which leads me to guess that the sophomore's color is blue. They will get to wear blue as their color until they graduate. Isn't amazing that in only 3 years this will be the graduating class of 2010?