Q = quite a lot to say, as usual

Quite a lot has happened in this past week or so I can't think of a lot of Q's to use so I'll forgo it just this once

Moving to the high schools from middle school is one of the best things I've done, what a difference a few years makes! The kids are self-sufficient and the staff has a whole different attitude, they are no less caring for sure, but are more into making the kids independent learners rather than chasing after them as was done in middle school. As example, a kid leaves a book and papers behind in the library, in middle school we'd find the kid and return his/her belongings. In high school, the teacher takes the stuff and holds it until the next time the kid is in class or the kid comes to the teacher to find their own stuff. Little things like that make such a difference in giving the kids an opportunity to become responsible adults.

Since I'm once again building a library, I went to Donor's Choose to write a grant for chairs for the kids to sit in while reading. The library has tables and chairs similar to those in a classroom, but no soft seating to draw in readers. We found out that the first obstacle in getting usage out of the libraries is making them look appealing to the kids. Thank you, Rutgers! Pictures of the library will be up soon.

One of my good friends runs in lots of different charity events, taking her lead, this weekend, Dave and I are going to be in our first ever charity walk - not run - for the Heart Association we are going to be with a group from St. Francis Hospital. When they called for a donation we decided that participating and donating would be the way to do it. It should be fun.

Quitting for now, at least I got in a couple of today's letter :)