Catchin' Up

Saturday

After an incredibly painful volleyball game. (We are ready to be done with Volleyball, only one more Saturday of it.) We went up into the mountains hoping to see some beautiful fall colors. We saw some, but sadly the time for really beautiful pictures has past. :( Maybe next year.

Sunday

Sai had a double header today down in the south end of Denver. They won their first game, but lost the second. We then came home and did homework and played board games. It was a good day.

Happenings Prior to This Weekend

The above is a picture of my student teacher last year. She is amazing and I swore that I would never have another student teacher because they could never measure up to her. Well, I have agreed to work with a colleague of mine and share a student teacher this next Spring. I get to meet her tomorrow. I'm actually pretty excited. :)

This picture is of the Contract for Success that my Teen Parenting Students created at the beginning of the school year. All of the students in the class have signed it. All 19 of them. I have 3 couples in my class this year which is really exciting. Currently of the 16 girls I have 10 who are expecting and 6 who are already parents. I have to admit that I am feeling a little overwhelmed by the number of them. They take a great deal of emotional energy, but that is because I love them so much and will do what ever I can to help them be successful. They truely are my passion.

Experiments

Sai has been studying matter in her homeroom class. So last weekend we had to perform 2 experiments at home. The above are pictures of them. One worked well the other, not so well. But it was still fun.