What'ya been doing all summer? Can't wait to hear all about it on Monday! Check out what I've been up to!
I am excited to see everyone back on Monday and it was nice meeting some of our new Decatur JHS students on Friday at orientation! This slideshow is a glimpse of how I spent my summer break, as you will see, it contains all things science and nature. There are shots of: me taking professional development courses in Breckenridge, CO and up in Milwaukee to learn how to continue growing as your science teacher and for my own continued learning and it was exciting as well as I got to meet and learn with other passionate science teachers from all across the U.S. from Hawaii to Puerto Rico; while in Milwaukee, I also got to reconnect with my nephew and his girlfriend, as he just graduated with his engineering degree from UW Milwaukee; I spent a good # of days doing my favorite hobby, fishing and even got to fish for beautiful brook trout while out in Colorado, as well as fish out of a boat for an afternoon with Mr. Cherry and Mr. Brennan; my family took our annual summer vacation to Maryland and Hank was excited to go on an old 19th century steam engine train ride with me; there is a shot of Dosido as she just retrieved a tennis ball from the in-ground pool while visiting some friends out in Hampshire; there are some cool shots of the Decatur Summer STEM Camp that I led along with Mr. Cheery and Ms. Bernard for our incoming 3rd - 5th grade students; and just this past week, it was fun to reconnect with all of the Decatur staff as we spent Monday at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum--if you have not been there yet go check it out with your family! :)