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Oh and here's a pic from Star Wars night at Ole Miss baseball's Swayze Field!

School year coming to a close!

These last couple weeks are dragging on a bit but what a year! In my second year of giving the National Spanish Exam, I had three Spanish 1 and four Spanish 2 students score Honorable Mention on the NSE. I was extremely proud of their progress and performance not only on the NSE but in the class room as well. It is always bittersweet to say that last "Adios!" to my students before they leave for summer but I expect to have some of them back in my classroom again next year for Spanish 2.

Shout out to all my wonderful students! I know I say to this y'all every Friday before the weekend lets out but I mean it: Love y'all! Do good, be good! Make a positive impact on one other person's life this summer and please don't text and drive! I hope some of y'all will follow this blog in order to keep up with my adventures in Spain! Who knows???? Maybe I will include some potential EXTRA CREDIT OR BOLETOS for those of you who wind up with me for Spanish 2!

All of the exams are over but teachers still have one full week of professional development days in order to make up the "snow" days we had back in February. YUCK! Hopefully I will be able to pass the time prepping my classroom and lessons for the next school year. I also plan to do some more research on what activities my wife and I will do while we are in Spain!

As for my preparations for Spain thus far, my wife and I have already booked our hotels in Toledo and Barcelona for our 10 day vacation in Spain before my classes start. We are extremely excited! My dad and sister will also be meeting up with us on the tail end of their vacation to Ireland. Why not? They are already across the Atlantic!

For the first two of three weeks I'll have off before heading to Madrid, I plan to do what most who know me would expect me to do while my wife is working: play lots of video games and hang out by the pool! I also plan to go to Holly Springs HS to observe some of the summer school program of the Mississippi Teacher Corps. As an alumnus of the program, I helped train incoming members on classroom management and lesson planning for the past two summers. I hate I can't do it again but I'll be too busy doing some studying of my own in Madrid! For the last week before we fly out, my wife and I will head to Gulf Shores, Alabama for a big family beach trip! 

That's all for now! If you are a friend, family, coworker or student, please be sure to leave me any comments and pass the blog ling along to those who might be interested in Señor's Spain extravaganza! Chau!