Class Lists

I had an opportunity yesterday to see the lists of students that will be in my classes this fall. I've been teaching for 16 years and would think the excitement about returning to school would lessen but it doesn't. I still get the butterflies and the anxiety that I got as a student when I think about returning to school. The new gradebook we were working with yesterday allowed us to look at student pctures as we perused our class lists. What a special treat to put faces with the names of this years students. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy summer off but I am always ready to head back to the classroom in the fall and see all those uncertain faces that will become smiles full of energy and enthusiasm for beginning the middle school experience.