Meeting Mabry's teacher

I don't think I can rave enough about the Grenada school district. Yesterday, we were given time out of professional development to go to the other schools and meet our children's teachers. Guy and I went to the lower elementary and switched Mabry's class assignment on the advice of the high school teachers and administration (Thanks, Mrs. Howell!!). Mabry is now in a multi-age classroom, which has a mix of kindergarten and first graders. Mabry's new teacher is named Mrs. Chism, and man, is she organized!! We filled out all of the required forms. Mrs. Chism found the bus number that Mabry will ride after school to the high school with the other faculty children everyday, and created her nametag with all of her information to wear during the first two weeks. Mrs. Chism's classroom was well organized, clean, bright, and decorated so well. Mabry fell in love with the class! She even made friends with two of the other girls while we did the paperwork. We look forward to hearing about Mabry's adventures with her new friends, Pressley and Jasmine.
We also walked around the school and found our friend, Jennifer Howell. This way, Mabry will have someone if she needs help outside of her class. The music room was the highlight of Mabry's day. It was huge with built in risers for the students. There were 12 electronic keyboards and tons of rhythm instruments. Mabry also is itching to get into the library, where she has noticed all of the chapter books and a Madeline doll just like the one she has at home.
During our afternoon, the high school was available for our students to come by our rooms and meet us and find out what supplies they would need. I was overwhelmed by how many of our students showed up during their final days of vacation. The students were polite and seemed excited to start another school year. Of course, since my classroom and Guy's are next to each other, we had several students come to the wrong rooms, which we expected.
Today, we have a morning department meeting and then we have the afternoon to finish preparing our classes for the beginning of school on Thursday. Mabry is going to her friend Adele's house to play for the day. Oh, and Gabe loves his daycare and Ms. Tina, and has started pulling up on the furniture. I guess this means he will be walking soon.