Recognition Day!

Today was full of awards in and out of school. We had our 3rd nine weeks awards assembly this afternoon, and I was so proud of Team Baker! All 20 of my students received at least one award- with many of the students receiving more than 1 or 2. The awards ranged from A Honor Roll, AB Honor Roll, Perfect Attendance, meeting their AR reading goal (and AR+ goal), B.U.G. award (Bringing Up Grades, up in at least 2, down in none), and the Terrific Kid Award. I was one proud teacher for sure. I was also happy, as always, to see many of my students' parents. There is nothing better than having parental support, especially when celebrating successes. I will never forget my mom and dad always striving to be at my awards assemblies, choir/chorus concerts, basketball games to see me cheer, and parent weekends while in college. To this day, they are still loving and supportive of all that I do.

tonight being one of those nights...

Since August I have been the Girls in Action (GA) director at church. GAs meet each Wednesday night after the girls have choir. They go to their respective classes (1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, and 5th/6th) to learn about missionaries & what they do around our world, and they learn about how to live a mission-minded life. Last week was the final week of GAs and so tonight the GAs & RAs(boys' classes) were recognized for their commitment to coming to church each Wednesday night to learn about missions. I had the privilege to recognize all of the GA teachers and the young ladies 1st grade-6th grade on their year of learning about missions. It was very neat to be the director of GAs as I used to be a GA myself. Each girl left the service with a certificate of completion and a gold charm with their grade level on the charm. They were SO proud of that charm! I hope that when they look back on those charms when they're older that they remember the importance of missions and giving back to our community and world. It was also important to recognize the parents who brought them to church each week... without them the young children wouldn't have been able to learn about missions. As the parents stood so that the children could find them after they got their awards, I was proud to see my own father sitting among the rest of the parents who were there to show their support!

Today reminded me that we all like to be recognized for a job well-done; whether that be perfect attendance, A honor roll, or committing to learn about missions. Make sure to recognize someone in your life who has done something positive! Everyone loves a compliment, and you could be the one to make their day!! 

Happy Wednesday 

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Thank you for all that you do!