Every so often (too often, if you ask some teachers), we have professional development days. Usually, these are filled with meetings that could easily be replaced by a well-written email—but I guess not everyone is as religious about checking their school email as I am.
Today was one of those days. But instead of the usual meeting marathon that leaves your teeth numb and your soul slightly dimmed, our principal—bless her sweet soul—scheduled fun team-building activities.
I know. Team-building activities. Cue the collective internal groan.
But not today! I had an absolute blast.
We started, of course, with the singing of the US and Canadian national anthems - just like the Olympics. Our staff was divided into groups: Math, Science/SS, ELA, Specials, SPED/ENL. We played a bunch of games, and the winning team got a GOAT trophy. Yes, a literal tiny goat trophy. Games included can jam, jumbo pong, corn hole, flip cup, and mat ball. And even though my team lost every single solitary round, we had the best time doing it.
The Art teacher brought us all matching ribbons to wear, and Bibler wore his bow with pride. Gutsin and Wageman were the most competitive in our group, but they had nothing on Todino-Montes from the Science team. I had never heard her swear before. Turns out, competition brings out a whole new vocabulary!
To wrap up the festivities, Admin bought us lunch—subs and French fries—which was absolutely perfect. Especially after we gave up so many runs in mat ball that someone really should’ve mercy ruled us. All that losing made us hungry.
All in all, it was a great day. Professional development, but fun. I'm actually looking forward to our next one!
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| Me, Rashad, Gutsin, Wageman, Bibler, and Dana |
