Happy Halloween. Have a celery stick.
After almost three decades of doing this I realize that school is serious business.
Except on the afternoon of October 31st.
Everything goes fairly normally before lunch. Sure. The kids are a little goofy. But most of us know to lower our expectations a little. And there is the time-out to gather in the halls to watch the AM kindergarteners parade in their costumes, the older students giving them a round of applause.
Cute.
But after lunch? Different story. The parade and parties aren’t scheduled until the final hour. We students and teachers alike are warned that the first ninety minutes after lunch there is to be normal instruction.
Normal. I’m looking at Dorothy, pirates, witches and whoever the latest pre-adolescent cultural icon is, and I’m to treat instruction normally.
Nope. I put out the Sharpies and we’re drawing Dorothy, pirates and the latest icon. It’s actually too good to pass up. I’m speaking from an instructional point of view, of course.
The final hour, the goblins parade through the halls and then out on to the sidewalk where parents, crowding like Italian paparazzi, snap away. Then it’s back to their homerooms where room moms have prepared gooey treats, pop and games until dismissal.
But not this year.
The new Type 75 first took it upon herself to ban the gooey treats and pop. Too unhealthy. She ordered them replaced by celery sticks and bottles of water.
Seriously.
Then she discovered that veggie trays would bust the budget, so each student will get one pre-packaged rice crispy treat with their bottle of water.
But don’t worry kids. Knock on my door tonight and there will be no celery sticks. Gooey treats for everyone!
Happy Halloween!
Fred, I don’t know what else do to but laugh. I don’t know how long it’s been since I’ve even SEEN a Halloween costume in a school, let alone have the school pay for treats, so I’d have them in my own room. I’ve had high school kids tell me they don’t like the candy, and why didn’t I buy such and such, but elementary kids aren’t as fussy. My last Home and School Ass’n was thrown out for stealng money from fund raising events, so let me just say that everythng is relative, and sometimes you just have to do your own thing. Celery and water? Very festive @@.
They have no problem with art teachers decorating the school though, even BEFORE the projects are graded so that the hallways can look good for visitors, so do your thing. They have their priorities Fred,and you know it you’re a team player you’ll be rewarded
It’s too bad it didn’t snow here as it did in the northeast. They postponed Halloween until November 14th in one area. Just think, you would have had a few weeks to convince Type 75 to be a Glenda, rather than the Wicked Witch of the midWest!