Our Last 9th Grade Lagoon Day

Beginning next year the 9th graders from Valley Jr. High will be at Granger High School.  That means we will only have 7th and 8th graders at Valley, it also means we lose our 9th Grade Lagoon Day.  It's rather devastating to those of us who attend Lagoon as "chaperones."  Really our only job is to make sure all the kids get back on the bus at the end of the day.  Other than that we get to go to Lagoon for free and they feed us lunch.  Not a shabby deal if you ask me!

We enjoyed a nice, warm, and leisurely day at Lagoon on June 4th this year.

One ride I made it clear I would not ride was Rattlesnake Rapids.  I had plans that evening and could not go home looking like a drowned rat.  Dave and Jacob applied enough peer pressure that I ended up on Rattlesnake Rapids, not once but twice.  We were in a fight for a little while.  The first ride it was just the 3 of us, so we were able to move about the raft as needed to avoid getting too wet.  The second time down the rapids we were put with 3 little girls who were not speaking English.  I ended literally over the top of one of the girls to avoid the waterfall.  I may have scarred her for life, but it was worth it, I came with only my bottom half wet.  No drowned rat here.

These charming students of mine stood by the sprayers as we went down the river and tried to spray us.  Luckily their timing was terrible and they were unsuccessful, but we got great joy watching them get soaked when it was their turn...

These were my Lagoon buddies for the day, Dave and Jacob

Our buses were 30 minutes late, so we had some quality quiet time sitting in the parking lot.

 



I had spent 15 minutes trying not to strangle a couple other students from another school who were beating each other and anyone within their reach with these stupid blow up toys.  When my students walked up with them they were threatened with their lives if they started hitting each other with them.

Every year our assistant principal, Shauna insists that all the staff members get together for an old time photo.  We actually have fun doing these pictures, and give good laughs in our attempts to remain modest.  Yes, I am a prude.

The 9th graders will be missed next year, but I think that is mostly because we will miss 9th Grade Lagoon Day!