Website: September Brings King Arthur and Poetry Out Loud

September has come, and with it, the academic year is back in full swing. I've started a King Arthur unit in my English III classes, and my English IV classes are currently memorizing poems for the Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest while they keep track of the headlines from the online editions of three newspapers and three cable networks, information which we will use to discuss media bias and data collection, and which they will use to form their own opinions and write essays on their point of view. My art class found me lacking in studio skills, while I found that I am not quite as bad as I remembered, and my illustrations of one-point perspective, a.k.a. "vanishing point" perspective, are more than sufficient to get the point across.

I have already delivered homebound services to three children this year, which leaves me with a fairly tight schedule but a bit fatter paycheck at the end of the month, plus the not-to-be-understated good feeling you get from making a tangible difference to students who really need the extra effort. I also have joined the church choir, and although it adds another thing to my already hectic calendar, it provides me with a musical outlet I have been missing since my Madrigal Singers days ended in 2001. On September 30, 2008, I will begin teaching a creative writing class to adults every Tuesday night from 6-8 pm. I am excited to see what new writing will come out of that, both from my students and from my own muse.

As far as the website goes, everything is updated, and the awards program is back in full swing. I have several pages in my mind I want to add, as well as streamlining the navigation system, finishing the 508 compliance, and adding access keys.