break!

the last day has come and gone--time for a nice, big sigh of relief--aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! that's better.

today was a little hectic being the last day and all: my students were wound up, we had a raffle (with the grand prize being movie tix--oooo!), i brought in my drum kit, and the principal came in--all in one day! exciting and exhausting. rewarding and draining.

the drum lesson was fun. i used a brace map to teach about the different parts of the kit (i hope i used the right map...), and i let some student volunteers try their hand(s) at keeping time. a few of my students did really well. maybe some future drummers. too bad mr. garcia didn't try. the students would have loved that!