So I thought maybe I’d get caught up on my blog over Spring
Break… wrong!
So here I am, it’s April and I'm wondering how time flies by so quickly. On one hand I have been wishing the days to go by, because I can't wait to be my Mr.'s "Mrs." :) but on the other hand, I feel like I don't have time for the fun stuff I usually do :)
I haven’t gotten much done in the realm of new materials or trying new recipes or anything Pinterest-worthy,
but I did have a great time over break with my family. :) I hope all of you did, too! Here's a little look at what took up my time over "break"!
PS My family had the most hilarious discussion about Twitter and we were literally cracking up (and my fiance was even reading some of my tweets out loud which make me laugh really hard and of course, my family, too)
One of the stories I have to share with you from the last couple of weeks:
The week before break, my staff held a jean day. This isn't unusual in the fact that it's a jean day- which we all have come to love because it means one less "work" outfit a week- but in that my principal agreed that we could donate to AutismSpeaks.org in honor of World Autism Awareness Day, by wearing blue; via the Light It Up Blue! campaign. If you haven't heard of it, check it out here. Anyways this was really fantastic and generous of our school, and I cannot wait to donate our first check from my school to Autism Speaks, which is definitely a deserving organization. We held our awareness day early, as my principal asked if this was okay. Totally fine by me, of course.
Well, as a result of our school supporting the Light It Up Blue! campaign, our school announcements (which are shown every morning on the SmartBoard podcast through iTunes) featured an short clip throughout the week telling the students that they were invited to wear blue in honor of Autism Awareness Month. And through the week, I had a few students ask me, "What is autism?"
"...Is it a disease??" "Does that mean you're sick?"
::pause::
"Oh wait," said one of my students, "I know someone with autism!"
"It means you REALLY like something, right!?"
I was very humbled to be able to explain the meaning of autism (of course in terms that were age-appropriate to whomever was asking) to my students that week. Knowing that because of this fundraiser, not only did staff-awareness of autism increase, but student awareness as well.
I know MANY special people. As a speech-language pathologist, I know many special people who have autism, too. But just because you know one person with autism, doesn't mean you know them all. We're all different. This was the message I made sure my students took home that week.
Happy Wednesday friends,
