Summer Break Plans

The final days of school were such a blur it is surprising to find myself on the other side with summer break already started. Reviewing and updating grades, then preparing finals, grading finals, accepting makeup work, participating in graduation, and then jumping into Memorial Day weekend was . . . exhausting yet satisfying. 

I attended a Rotary Club luncheon with a student from my advisory who received a scholarship, recognizing her hard work. She set her mind on a goal to graduate this year in spite of several obstacles, and she did it!

Congratulations, Destiny!

Destiny & Mrs. Borchers at the Rotary Club Luncheon where
Destiny received her scholarship award.

Alex, Destiny, and Aaron participated in the graduation ceremony ceremony at the Nutter Center on Thursday night. 

The graduation ceremony was amazing.

It took a lot of THIS . . . 

On the teacher's last day of school (your first day of break), I was at Fairmont until 9 p.m. helping to clear out a room in West Unit so it can be deep cleaned before it is transformed into a special needs sensory room. Members of Boy Scout Troop 236 from the church across the road from the school helped get this big job done in one day.

. . . to end up with an empty room like THIS. Great job, Boy Scouts

On the Saturday before Memorial Day, I did the following: handed out water and fruit to runners at Rocky's Run for Freedom, placed flags on graves at the VA Cemetery in Dayton, then welcomed home veterans who toured their memorials in Washington, D.C., at the Honor Flight Homecoming held at the Dayton International Airport. 



I finally made it to the EDGE garden to discover the plants are growing and producing really well. The snow peas will be delicious on a salad; so will the tomatoes. If you want to contact me at my school email, I would be happy to share them with you. Just let me know.

Snow peas

Delicious strawberry 

Cherry tomatoes

What have YOU been doing so far this summer? Sleeping in every day? Working at a job? Fishing? Taking care of siblings? You can post comments to this blog entry, so please do.