A school bus passed us this morning while we were out walking the dog. It felt so strange in a way, to not be driving into work myself, full of anticipation.
Teaching has been such a huge part of my life and I’ve been so blessed to be able to do that at New Hope. I have so many happy memories there and LOVE these little ones to pieces. When I found out last fall that I’d be having a little one of my own, I couldn’t imagine leaving the New Hope teaching family, but as Jason and I prayed through it, God gave us both undeniable peace and clarity that this would be the start of a new chapter. Instead of loving and guiding and pouring into 6 year olds, I’m now loving and guiding and pouring into a 3 month old. I love my new job, but boy do I miss these sweet ones!
In the spirit of happy memories and fresh starts, here are a few photos from last school year that brought a lot of smiles.
// From our Number Party
(Everybody dressed as a number between 1 and 10… we had a number parade.. it was all numbers all day!)
// Harry Gary turned even the most skeptical of first-graders into book-loving readers
//“Fruits" of the spirit...
// Geometry art: all triangles green, all squares blue, all circles orange, all rectangles red… then we got creative!
// Learning about the lifecycle of a pumpkin.
// Ready to bake and eat some pumpkin seeds!
// Field trip to the farm!
// Learning about ordinal numbers with a game… the best kind of learning.
// President presentations and some students even dressed up.. they were fabulous!!
// 100th day of school!
// Learning about fractions by turning our classroom into a pizza kitchen!
// Using animals to tell fraction stories
// Learning about the spinal chord
// And the importance of vertebrae (aka donuts) in protecting it...
// ...So we can bend!
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I sure will miss seeing these sweet faces, but am beyond blessed to have been entrusted with the incredible job of raising this precious one:
Thank you New Hope Christian Academy for blessing me with the opportunity to serve within your community. These have been some of the most rewarding years of my life. And thank you parents who entrusted your little ones to me and showered me with such love and support as I transitioned into this new role of being a parent myself. Your kindness will never be forgotten.
With a Joyful Heart,
Mrs. McCuistion
