First week of school leaves me. . .grading papers

Having passed my ABCTE with a "distinguished" score, I began my school year at North Valley Academy on Tuesday. Our history teacher also just passed his World History ABCTE, and he, too, received a "distinguished" mark.

I teach about 100 students in grades 7-12. I have English and Journalism. The latter class has been an enormous thrill, partly because you might say I've been preparing for that one for a while (just search my name at magicvalley.com, the Times-News' Web site). I have an awesome group of little journalists who know about current events and who can't wait to write their first articles. I've been putting them through their paces a bit first, though. Inverted pyramid and all that.

Okay, they're probably reading this, so I'd better cut this short.

I love my school! Check out NVA's blog here.