9th Grade Picture Day

Can you believe it's that time of year again??? Today we had our annual 9th grade picture. They managed to squish about 375 14 and 15 year olds onto some very small bleachers and no one got hurt. We officially get to pass this charming group of students on to the high schools in about 35 days. It's easier for me to say good-bye to this group than it was last year because I haven't been working exclusively with the 9th grade this year (we've divided the student body by alphabet among the counselors), and they are not my very first group.

The finished product after a lot of begging for them to be quiet.

Then when we were done Ms. White was cool enough to agree to take pictures of the Student Government. They got to miss the last 15 minutes of second period because they were able to talk me into taking all sorts of pictures.

Yes, I did allow a student with a broken foot to jump off the stairs, no it was not my idea and I am not taking responsibility for it. Please don't tell his mother. (But I don't think she would be too surprised. He broke his foot after the rocking horse he was riding on the roof of a shed fell off the roof and took him with it. Genious!)