While a one week break may be brief, for middle school students, last week marked a return to our community after being apart for two weeks, because we were away on trips the week before break.

I love seeing students great each other after a break. Students like being in school; their faces don’t lie no matter how much what they might say. While getting up in the morning can be tough, and some school assignments can weigh on a mind, nothing beats the locker hallway after a break for happiness. It’s almost better than the first day of school in terms of excitement– by now there is no such thing as a new student! An added bonus is that the adults all notice how much older and bigger students look after a break.

So, in honor of our reunion, we took the last hour of school on Friday to play BUNCO. I alone held the knowledge of what BUNCO was and just slipped it into the schedule on the monitor, smiling like the Cheshire cat when ever anyone asked.

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