New Student Night

On Wednesday, my school had a new student night. This event, arranged by the PTA is to give new students a chance to see their new school. It is mainly meant for the kinders, but all new students are encouraged to attend.

The kinder students all have one teacher, plus me as their student teacher. Since their is only one teacher, there is no wondering which teacher they will get. They are also usually a little more nervous about school and meeting the teacher before hand will make that transition a little easier.

At first, I thought it would be an event that every teacher would want to attend, in order to get a chance to meet some of their new students. Then I found out that the students don't find out who their teachers are until a few days later. I thought, well you can still meet some of your students, making it a little easier when the year begins. It was pointed out to me that most of the students have been in the same school since kindergarten, so the teachers have already met all but the brand new students.

I think I might still like to go, as a teacher, but I can understand why only one other teacher was there, besides the kinder teacher, myself and the principal. I also might decide that I'd been working on setting up my classroom non-stop all day for the last few days and I need some time to go relax with my family before the students all fill my desks and demand my attention. I'm not sure which way I'd go. Maybe we will see in a year, if the school I get hired at has a similar event.