On Wednesday of last week, the theater director at the school stopped by. The theater department was putting on the musical Mean Girls, and they were starting the performances that night.
Why did I need to know this? The classroom was in close proximity to where the show would be, and so they were going to use the classroom as a changing room for the performers.
None of this was a problem for me. The performances were at night, after I had left.
But Mr. S wanted to let me know. And he explained that the students would not leave a mess, but if they did, to let him know.
When I arrived at school on Thursday, the room was fine. Until I found a walkie-talkie sitting on the teacher's desk.
That is not a mess. But, I figured that someone might be missing it. (And these are the kind that are rechargeable, so they'd want to charge it before the night's performance.) So, I emailed the teacher. He appeared to retrieve it quickly.
The next day no walkie-talkie. As I was setting up for the day, however, I found a Bluetooth speaker plugged into the wall to charge. I put it on the teacher's desk (so the kiddos wouldn't be tempted to make off with it), and I went about the rest of my setup.
There was a knock at the classroom door. A student came looking for her speaker. And a necklace. Sadly, the necklace wasn't found, but I gave her back her speaker.
Very minor issues. (It was a slow week for good blog-worthy stories.)
No drama or bad things to report is a good week.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good week
ReplyDeleteIt was.
DeleteIs Mean Girls a good idea for teens? I mean... might some get into the part a bit too well? :)
ReplyDeleteI didn't pick the show. I think last year it was Little Shop of Horrors.
DeleteWhen my girls were into dance and theater we always made sure they packed up everything from whatever classroom was being used as a dressing room …
ReplyDeleteThey did a pretty good job. I mean, I expect there was way more stuff that could have been left behind that wasn't.
Deletethecontemplativecat here. Having to deal with stuff like that is exhausting. But, you have good skills and I think you can handle this. some of your students would be pretty hard to round up.
ReplyDeleteIt could have been so much worse. Just a couple things.
DeleteA week without drama is a good week. And some of these students will leave things behind even as adults. Too bad the one girl lost her necklace although she got her speaker back.
ReplyDeleteThose are very period issues. It's fascinating.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good week.
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