Thanksgiving...finally...I guess.

So we've finally made it to Thanksgiving break. Five days off to catch up on both work for teaching and work for the MAT. Getting here hasn't been easy, though. Progress reports were due a few schools days before we were to get out. During that same time period, I had a couple of assignments due. All of that isn't too bad, unless you throw in things like a sick child, backed up grading, make-up work, and a worn out torque converter on our families second vehicle that leaves your spouce stranded in traffic in Fort Smith, just for example. Making it through with my sanity was something that I am very happy for. As is my wife. And most of my students.... HAAA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!! Sometimes, being a little "off" can help.

For the first time in 22 years...Conference Champs!

The Westside Rebels Senior High football team did something this year that has not been done in a long time. They won an outright, conference championship. It is great timing because Westside is celebrating it's 25th year in existance. That's right, in 1984, the small schools in the communities of Hartman and Coal Hill joined together to for the Westside School District. In the past 25 years Westside has changed greatly in some areas and very little in others. Atheletics has always been a source of pride for the students of Westside (my self included). Though we are only a AA school ( we were a A school before the changes to classifications) and onw of the smallest ones at that, the atheletes take pride in performing to their greatest potential and giving their very best. Some years, this leads to great success. Others, well, can be a grind to be honest. This year, because of the efforts of the entire football team (all 19 of them), history was made for Westside. I have several students that are on the football team and their focus both on school and sports has been terrific. Congratualtions, guys.