Category Archives: New School

NORM!

Posted on 08/18/2011 by Anthony Purcell

How different would you classroom look if it looked like this? Now I’m not looking at the surroundings of this video. Classrooms in the bar is NOT what I’m talking about. However, each time Norm walked into Cheers, everyone said … Continue reading →

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Beginning Jitters

Posted on 08/03/2011 by Anthony Purcell

Well, here it is, the first day of the school year. . . .for me. Students do not return until next Thursday. So many thoughts are running through my mind. Am I ready to go? How are things going to … Continue reading →

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What’d you call me?

Posted on 07/17/2011 by Anthony Purcell

This past year I was at a small school. We had 6 teachers and 70 students. It was my first year there, so I was a newbie. There was one other newbie teacher there, the other 4 were veterans. We … Continue reading →

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School Preparations

Posted on 07/13/2011 by Anthony Purcell

Well, here it is, July 13. Time to start getting ready for school. I went to the school today to take down bulletin boards to stat designing the new bulletin boards for the upcoming school year. You may think I’m … Continue reading →

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A New Beginning

Posted on 06/20/2011 by Anthony Purcell

Well, this morning I went to the school building that I’m going to be teaching at beginning this fall. There are several changes happening over the next school year. First, I will be teaching Science instead of Mathematics. It will … Continue reading →

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