While summer break was longer in coming due to our numerous snow days, I almost found myself wanting the school year to keep going. I truly looked forward to coming into school (most days) and getting to greet and teach my students. My students seemed to be more engaged and more interested than I have usually come to expect. They made it a joy to teach. Honestly, I've felt that the past few years have all continued to improve upon the previous ones.
My room is cleaned up, most of my files are set up for next year, and the grades are all updated. The only thing I'm waiting for are the results from the AP test, which won't be available until after the 4th of July. I haven't felt this far ahead since ... well, ever. It almost makes me think that I must be forgetting something.
While I am taking a break this summer from teaching (for the first summer in a while), I have quite a busy summer planned. I hope that I can start the next school year full of energy and vitality, perhaps making it an even better year than this one.