Middle School Dance

I was not on my game this week. I did not bring my camera to two different events. First of all, the 6th grade students went ice skating on Monday at a place called Riverbank park. We were south of the George Washington Bridge. As we looked up and down the Hudson River, we commented that this would have been an amazing place to have been when the plane landed in the river. The plane cleared the GWB by a few hundred feet as it came down the river.

The kids had a great time and I even went around the rink a couple of times. They are a great group of students that are easy to take on the subway. We just have to count off before and after we get on a train car. They have clear instructions on what happens if they get lost on the train and miss our stop (which wouldn't happen with two teachers per class). So... we had one boy fall and has a sprained ankle... oh well.

Then on Wednesday the school had a dance. There was a DJ and lots of teachers as Chaperones. The kids are amazing. I only got to see a bit of the dance, because I was working on my grades for report cards. However, the dancing I saw just made me smile. The boys and girls were all dancing. No one was sitting down or not dancing. It was so much fun. The music was loud and fun. They all did Latin dancing also. They all can salsa dance. The amount of fun they had was great. It made my day. I was able to see my students as teenagers and not just students. They had their nails and hair done. They all wore jeans. The rules on what they were allowed to wear included the line

No Boobs, No Butts, and No Bellies.

It worked. They all dressed very conservitately and fun. It was fun to see them in normal street clothes. Note that I only ever see them in their school uniform.

I am in the city for the weekend and have lots of homework to do and cleaning. I need to get my laundry done and buy some groceries. I'll be busy, but it is going to be 50 degrees today. Hopefully I'll find the time for a walk.