All in a Day's Work

The email said, as of 3 pm, the internet would be down for maintenance.  What a perfect way to end a busy day.  Our students had school wide testing in all grades today.  Guidance counselors and test coordinators were working madly to ensure students knew where they had to be, and teachers were prepared for a morning packed with instructions.  In between my hall duty of checking in on teachers, I thought I would use this opportunity to get some much needed tasks checked off my list.  Well, not all the tasks were big, but I thought I'd do a quick recap of all that I got accomplished...

Numbered 150 index cards for my principal to use during lunch, helped transfer 16 laptops from upstairs to downstairs, scanned and emailed four images to my Assistant Principal, re-shelved approximately thirty books, inventoried all of our "scary" books to be pulled for our Halloween display, entered three class sets of new text books into our system the good old fashioned cataloging way,  assetted two new computers, helped trouble shoot a classroom desktop that would not play a CD ROM, answered and sent numerous emails, collaborated and brainstormed tomorrow's lesson plan for our technology showcase, and helped carry drinks up for students surprising their teacher on her birthday!  As the day came to a close, it was nice to sit and reflect on the many things I have learned.  In conversation, a teacher told me she tries to think of the progress being made when things feel overwhelming-and that it's nice to feel needed.  What an optimistic outlook to have!   As I packed my bag to leave, I snapped this photo of my desk, all in a day's work!