Embrace your TRIBE!
LAST DAY OF SCHOOL…Last DAY of SCHOOL…Last Day of School…last day of school…last day of… Okay, I know if you are a teacher or a student or a parent or have ever been one of these things you get it! You understand the joy that accompanies the last day of school-at least for a little bit. I am extra excited this year because my summer is chock full o’ goodness. My daughter will be starting at my high school, and she and I are celebrating this gigantic life change with a European girl vacation-seriously blessed for this gift of time and learning! I’m still pinching myself. I am also going to be going to a few professional development major things which I am giddy about. At my school, the last day for teachers is not the last day for students-they had their final hoorah yesterday. There is a reason we spend the last day together, without kids, and today I want to write about why teaching rocks and it isn’t because of the students or parents or lessons or cool projects (okay, it