School (times two) is getting in the way of knitting

Its been a busy week at school - both work and classes. Major paper due for Rutger on Monday, then spent the week second guessing myself - no feedback from the prof. yet.

The kids at school have been so good all week, I have a crew of six or seven, mostly boys - go figure - that come to the library to shelve books, they have taken it upon themselves to put whole shelves in order and to straighten out the books - we call it 'fronting the books' which means keeping them near the edge of the shelf. Our schedule has a 9th period from h*ll built in which translates into an extra hour that the kids go to one special a week or have extra tutoring with one of their academic classes. To make a long story longer, the kids are allowed to leave their academics and come help out in the library. Without asking, they came in and began to assist the kids - Monday it was kindergarten, Tuesday 5th grade, Wednesday they have to go to gym, Thursday its 4th grade. On Friday its my one prep of the week.

This morning I sat them down, told them they were the only "library assistants" in the school and have to set an example no matter where they are, have to keep grades up, and not get in any trouble. They also have to have permission from their academic teachers to come to the library - they are not to even try to leave science since that teacher does not want anyone out of class. They were so cute and so sincere and so 7th grade that tomorrow (Friday) for 9th period we are going to have a little celebration... new laws do not allow any sweet treats in school so pretzels, nacho chips and mixed nuts, salsa and juice are on the menu. We are off Monday for Columbus Day, but Tues, Wed. and Thurs next week after school students interested in being probationary assistants can come after school to take a test and fill out an application - both of which I have to come up with over the weekend. So far it looks like there are going to be somewhere between 15 and 20 kids applying ~ its so exciting, even the principal is getting into the act and asked me if I wanted to apply to start a library club for a stipend!

Its almost Friday already! Then the weekend...