I've only been a newspaper advisor for two years, so I know I still have much to learn. I can't wait for the Reynolds Institute so I can bring back new ideas and plans for the paper. Plus, a whole bunch of my students (including two editors-in-chief) will be going to a weeklong workshop at University of Maryland while I'm in Arizona, so I imagine we will all be reinvigorated come fall.
Looking forward to meeting you all, and to abandoning beltway traffic, cicadas, and humidity for two weeks!
I can relate to your "one way or another" comment. I lay awake two nights ago strategizing how we will finish our last issue by Monday, how I will finish grades, clean my classroom, check out, finish Reynolds assignments, and leave my school June 14, though the official end of the year is not until June 19.
ReplyDeleteIt will get done, I know, but how still remains a mystery.
In my earlier years as a journalism advisor, I spent many late nights with kids at school as we finished the paper. I have done that much less over the last eight years. Kids are so stretched by other electives and extracurricular responsibilities that they aren't as willing to commit to the paper as they used to be. So, we do what we do during the day, and it seems to make little difference, except my stress level is much lower, and my sleep schedule is much better.
Looking forward to meeting!
Hilari Anderson
Kentridge High School
Kent, WA
I'm flying out of Reagan on Sunday. Driving up from the Shenandoah Valley that morning. Where are you flying from?
ReplyDeleteKaren Swortzel