Week 9 Oct. 17th - 21st

Reflect on any after-school activity you attended.

    Throughout the semester, I attended multiple after-school activities. I attended two school dances, a volleyball game, and two football games. The first school dance was really fun and very interesting to chaperone. It was the first middle school dance of the year, and it was mostly my students (sixth grade) because this is their first year in a middle school and they wanted to experience a middle school dance. All day long that is all they could talk about. The dance was sponsored by my mentor teacher because she coaches the Danceline group at SHMS. It was very fun time, and the students enjoyed me being there and interacting with them. The second dance was during the second six weeks and was a black out dance sponsored by Mrs. Bonenberger. She brought in black lights and had the students decorate the cafeteria with black and white streamers and other glow in the dark items. The dances were extremely fun and I am hoping I can come back to supervise the next one!
  I think I was more excited than the students when I was able to stay for a volleyball game! I played volleyball all four years of high school and hope to eventually become a volleyball coach at the school where I get a job.
  We also stayed for two football games, one was a middle school game and the other was a high school game. I knew a lot of the middle school students that were playing in the game, however, I was not familiar with the high school students.
I think it is very important to go to after school functions to show your support for your students. I think this will help them respect you as a teacher, and you are able to see them outside of a classroom setting. This also helps build a personal relationship with the students, which I feel is very important.