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Riverview students shared their talents at the annual Riverview talent show. Students sang, played the piano, played the ukulele, and danced. Thank you for sharing your wonderful talents!

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It is the time of year teachers need to put on their hardhats, tie yellow caution tape across their doors, and lay out orange cones in the halls.  They will need to stand guard at the garbage cans, handing back papers that forgot where the ‘finished’ work basket is.

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This week is Riverview Elementary Teacher Appreciation Week.   I truly appreciate our teachers!

Our teachers take slivers out of fingers and bad sports out of kick ball.  They know when a child has gum in his mouth even when he is not chewing.  They have sung “Happy Birthday” 657 times.

They hand over scissors with the handles up.  They can listen to one child talk about his birthday party and another talk about her sleepover and another talk about getting stitches last night-all at the same time.

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“Ask not what your secretary can do for you, but what you can do for your secretary!”

It’s funny how principals think they are in charge, but everyone knows that the people who really run a school are the secretaries.  If you have questions, ask the secretary.  If you lose something, see the secretary.  If the copier is jammed, get the secretary.  If a child throws up, send her to the secretary.  

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All teachers have those days when we think the cashier’s position at any store is looking pretty good.  But then just when we’re about to lose our minds, a student does or says something that reminds us of why we went into this profession in the first place.

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Welcome back from Spring Break!  We are now officially in the season of Spring.   This also means we are in the season of field trips.  Over the years I have been on many – here are some universal field trip truths:

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The 10 happiest jobs in America.  This is the name of an article which appeared in USA Today on March 8, 2015.  Based on findings from CareerBliss, the number one happiest job in America is School principal.  Pssh, they didn’t tell me anything I didn’t already know!?!