Wow, summer flew bye! Although it seemed short, it was great and relaxing but now it's time to shake off the rust and get back into the swing of things.
The first day of school was spent with our Knighthood Families. Knighthood Families is a new initiative this year, kind of like a homeroom, with a focus on developing the personal and social skills of students through "circle-ups". I had a group of 6th graders the whole day and it was a great way to get them acclimated while calming their nerves as they entered middle school. Throughout the day we played some team builders and we went over some school procedures.
Here's a note from a student in my Knighthood family. Looks like we'll have to work on some literacy skills.
The rest of the week we were back to normal schedule and I got to meet the new group of mentors and mentees. The mentors energy was so great the first week that it made all of the mentees immediately comfortable and excited for class. We played a lot of team builders and activities to get everyone acquainted. One of those team builders was a ball toss name game where students stood in a circle and you had to continually throw the ball to the same person, but before you threw to them you had to say their name. With 1 ball it was pretty easy but as the game progressed I threw in multiple balls to make it a little more challenging.
Overall the kids had a lot of fun this week and it'll be exciting to see how their relationships will continue to grow.
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