8th Grade Memories

Last night I went with Jacob to his Open House at school. He is attending the same school that I went to in 8th grade (they start construction on a new school in spring 09'). It was actually called the Elementary School when I was in 8th grade (1981) with grades 3rd-8th, now it is the Middle School with grades 6th-8th. As we went through the different halls to go visit with Jacob's teachers, I told him which grade used to be in each hall and showed him which classrooms I had been in. My highlight of the night was reminiscing with Jacob's History Teacher who was my 8th grade Math teacher and also my Basketball Coach. It was great to see her and talk about old times and our basketball team memories. She said she knows it's time to retire when she starts cycling through families. She's not that old though, she was quite young when she taught me--probably just out of college. (I regret not taking pictures of all 3 of us and of the school) It was also good to see the principal, assistant principal and the many teachers that were my good friends from high school. I also ran into parents that I went to school with too--it was like a high school reunion for me! Jacob told Morgan when we got home that it took forever to go through the halls because everybody knew Mom and we had to stop and chat--of course they say the same thing about us going to the Piggly Wiggly too. (for those of you that aren't from the South--it's our grocery store) My children just thinks it's neat that everyone knows each other--since they've grown up in much larger areas where it wasn't that way. These are some of the things I will always treasure about growing up in a small town and am glad that my children are getting a chance to experience it also.

P.S. Jacob really likes all his teachers and he's gotten off to a great start this school year!