Mr. Light’s Blog

Saturday six of our classmates and a couple of parents met me at the school to do some moving and planning for next year.  Here’s our crew!

We did some clearing of the room, and uncovered the beautiful slate blackboard! Some of the artists made a welcome sign for us!

I suggested that we paint a couple of the book cases to brighten the room up.  Two years ago, my class decided to do this and just painting a couple of the bookcases really brightened the room up!  The kids decided on orange on the inside and green on the outside!  Our school colors!!

The hard work was when we sat down with “maps” of the room and experimented with different arrangements.  We agreed to start with the plan below.

We are hoping that we will be able to get large bookshelves similar to what were in my old room so we can display books nicely.  Of course, this plan may change.  Once the radiators are out and the new fire exit is finished, we will be able to move things into the room and see how it works.

After we finished our planning, everyone helped move boxes.  I am hoping that by early August, we will be able to move into the room.  We’ll get together again to do this.

Thanks to everyone who helped out!  Besides the kids, Katie’s dad helped moving some of the large items and with thinking about bookshelves.  Colin’s mom picked up the pizza.  Mallard Mart gave us a very good deal on the pizza!

Here are some ways that families can help us:

• We would love to have some hanging plants (and a watering can) donated to spruce up the room.
• We need paint and brushes.  I will contact some of our local businesses to see if I can get donations.
• The district maintenance folks are looking for some bookshelves or wood to make shelves with.  If they don’t find what we need, we will need: 2′ square 3/4″ plywood for corner shelves for 3-ring binders and, if possible, boards to build book shelves with.
• Parents who would help paint some of our shelves.
• Katie’s dad has volunteered to help building shelves.  It might help to have someone else who’s willing to help out.
• We will need all sorts of help to move in!  I’ll plan a “moving party” later in the summer.  Perhaps we could have a welcome back potluck on that day.  Some parent organizers would be great!

I am incredibly excited for next year!  What a great group of kids the Agnes Gray sixth graders are!