Settling In to Life at Kennard-Dale

Time sure is flying by very quickly here at Kennard-Dale High School. But as time passes I am feeling more in place and more at home each day! I love the courses that I am teaching, I love the kids I get to serve, I love the mentor I get to share this process with and most importantly, I love what I get to do!

Last week concluded week four of my student teaching experience. Each week I am finding that I get more comfortable and in more of a routine with each of my courses. Some highlights of last week included: evaluating dairy cattle in animal care and management class. I taught my students how to properly read a unified scorecard and then they had the opportunity to place a class of cattle using the Hoard's Dairyman's resources. My students enjoyed this activity in which it allowed them to apply the content material that we were learning. So in this aspect my students were able to apply their skills.

Another highlight of the week was creating not one but two arrangements in floral design. The first arrangement my students made was a candy arrangement. We created candy arrangements to demonstrate the principles of design and how they are implemented in arrangements. My students loved the candy aspect of this learning activity! To assess their understanding and not their sugar intake, I had my students complete a lab worksheets to help tailor their candy arrangement and keep them on task.

The second arrangement that we made was a Valentine's Day centerpiece (this was with real flowers). My students in this course have not worked with flowers before, so this was a great learning opportunity and I feel they really enjoyed this application of principles and elements of design.

Last week was rounded out with a great weekend at ACES leadership conference in Harrisburg. Miss. Smith and I had the privilege of taking 10 of our students to ACES. I have experienced this conference as a student, a facilitator, and now an advisor, and I can honestly say I enjoy being the advisor. Spending this weekend with Miss Smith and our kids allowed me to see and celebrate the leaders in our FFA Chapter. We are very proud Kennard-Dale FFA advisors.

This week has started off with a bang, teaching two new classes and I am so excited to continue to grow as a teacher and continue to work with our students at Kennard-Dale!





Ms. Timmons
"So fill your hear with what's important and be done with all the rest."