Welcome back!

It's back to the grindstone after, as the girls informed me yesterday, a 13 day break during which most of my students reported their high as "getting money for Christmas" and their low as "missing their friends."  This month we are working on Goals.  Each of the girls gets a calendar and every day we will write what we did that  day to help reach our goals for the month.  I'm already a step behind in working out 3 times a week, but some of the girls are on the right track with getting their homework done in order to boost their grades by the end of the month.

The last day before the break was really fun.  We got to take three of the girls who were still around after school on a field trip to see the light shows and Christmas Village in Center City.  The relaxing day was what we all needed to have some fun before heading home.

The light show at Macy's.

The girls also did a great job with telling thing Christmas story.  One girl was Mary (with a little attitude!) and another was a part of the choir of angels.  One of the girls was a soldier wearing kids plastic play armor, and the rest sang solos or directed props.

I'm excited for the rest of the year!