The Last Day of Rockbridge Middle School

The Final Good-Byes

Our Beautiful School Is Closed for Good...No More

A Sad, Sad Day but One Filled with LOVE 

Memories of the Last Day at Rockbridge Middle School
We all wore black and white.  

I am the one in the Bermuda shorts, long sleeved shirt, and baseball cap.
As things turned out, I was able to get another teaching job with the county :-)

This post is linked with Mosaic Monday and Signs 2.

Stairwell

This post is linked with Shadow Shot Sunday 2.

Gloomy, Rainy Day at Work ~ Daily Photo 10-1-12

It may have been a beautiful blue skied day up on the Blue Ridge Parkway for Buddy this morning, but at my school this afternoon the rain was pouring down cats and dogs. Once I got into my cat and looked out of my windshield, I knew it was time to grab to the old Rebel. There was water everywhere and beading as it rolled down my windshield. The sky wasn't green, but the flash went off on my camera, and this is what I got.

This post is linked with Nature Footsteps Waters.

The Final Chapter of a Life as I Know It ~ 9-11~012

 MY WORLD SINCE AGE 20
SCHOOL TEACHER

Our Last Year Together

Rockbridge Middle School Is Closing 6-2013

Where we will all go no one knows!

Left to Right: 

Joanna~ Librarian and Daughter of a Minister

Megan, English 7 Teacher and a Minister's Wife

Genie (moi)...Matriarch of the School at 73

Gretchen ~ Science 7 Teacher ~ I taught her back in sixth grade.

Rita ~ Guidance Counsellor and Daughter of a Minister

"Who dares to teach must never cease to learn." ~ John Cotton Dana
"A teacher afects eternity; he can never tell when his influence stops." ~ Horace Mann
"A teacher's purpose is not to create students in his own image, but to develop students who can create their own images." ~ Unknown

This post is linked with:
Our World Tuesday
 Kim Klassen's Texture Tuesdays

The End Came ~ I am FREE

The Cellblock is CLOSED!

It was a beautiful day for my last day at Rockbridge Middle School this year. It is still up for grabs if the school board will refund my position for ’12-’13 which just happens to be the LAST year of our school. It will be sold or rented out. We will move to a consolidated middle school in Lexington. I usually hear the week before school starts that I still have a job. This year I will be happy either way. I started this profession at 20 and I am now 73. Maybe it is time to pull the plug and let me really be retired.

Reserved for Buses and Genie 

The one spot to the right of the sign is for any spare buses that show up in the afternoon. Being the old lady I am, my principal lets me park in that spare bus slot. If school were in session and a driver needed that spot, the driver who always gets there first would come inside, get my keys, and move it for me.

Yep, on my last day of the year I parked 

my trusty old Pontiac Vibe right there. 

This post is linked with "Signs, Signs” and  "Skywatch Friday.”

Library in Black and White

Last week many of you were curious to know what this image was that I posted for "Weekend in Black and White.”  Well, here is your answer. It’s the grate allowing the heat from the furnace to rise and warm the room during winter. I thought it looked interesting taken from such a slanted angle.

A typical shelf of books in our school library.

Here you can see the book shelf, the heat grate above the books, and one of many windows which run the length of the room.

Here is a close up of the grate back against the window.

This shot shows the radiator grate running the length of the shelf above the books with all of the windows and shades.

This post is linked with “Weekend in Black and White."

A Piece of Me ~ {in the picture} ~ 52 in 52 ~ #8

Taking selfies is really difficult. Here I am in my “cellblock” without any discipline referrals. My principal allows me to read, knit, or do hand work...even mess on my computer when I am not inundated with students. The decorations on the OLD blackboard - the only one in the building - are drawn by my little 6 year old granddaughter, Eloise. I am working on the hand stitched and stuffed Valentines I gave to people for Valentine’s Day this year. I haves the Rebel set on timer, and it is sitting in front of my at another desk.

This post is linked with FLickr’s {in the picture}.

A Piece of Me ~ {1n the picture} ~ 52 in 52 #4

Seflie #4 ~ Month 1

At the  Computer in My In-School Suspension “Cellblock” Room
Rockbridge Middle School
Fairfield, Virginia

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sponsored by Urban Muser.