Happiness & Sadness

So as I am watching a pod of dolphins in the Indian River with the large NASA buildings in the background ... the cell phone rings. Discovery will not be flying tomorrow. Sadness fills the car - all of us are bumbed ... but very happy to have been able to see the shuttle on the launch pad. I have had an amazing chance to be here ... but still have a little sadness. I did get a chance to talk with the mother of the commander today-Mrs. Lyndsey. A very nice lady with a good chuckle at her son's 5th planned trip to space. Anyways ... great stories have been had but still some sadness that I won't get to see the shuttle launch ... but a great experience-thank you NASA.

I'm in Florida!

OMG ... I cannot believe the amount of history I have seen over the last few days at Kennedy Space Center. Wow is about all I can say. I have the hardest conflict in my brain-the center is in the middle of a wildlife refuge. What do I take pictures of ... the shuttle sitting on 39A's pad or the alligator to my right. Ahhhhhhhhh...I like having this issue. So far I have walked under the most amazing machines known to man-a Saturn V rocket, the shuttle, and Gemini rockets. I am in complete awww here. Hope the week is going well back in Cali. Love Ms. H.

What a week!

Wow there were some amazing cars made over the last few days. I was very impressed with the cars and how my students really got into them ... more then in years past. I love doing STEM type activities but this really connected. On a different note, we fly out tomorrow to be with NASA at the launch. I am getting packed and starting to realize where I am going-hehehehe! I still can't believe that little old me is invited ot the launch as a NASA fellow. So cool!!! And yes I am bringing my small astronaut bear for photos. She is cuter than me : )

Density Project...

Wow can you believe that 5 weeks of school have past? Now for the 1st project. The key to writing your density essay project is to first answer the questions on the outline. Once you have the questions answered, sit and write an essay of a page or two. Your thoughts are your essay-you just need to get them down on paper. Don't forget to include key terms including: density, mass, volume, irregular objects, regular objects, ruler, balance, graduated cylinder, calculate, measure, and lab. If you hit a mental road block, feel free to email me ... as long as it is not Sunday night at 8 ... before then I can help.

Loving my school!

Wow. Yesterday was my first day teaching a CSUF saturday class. The experience was great and reminded me ... which I need every once and a while ... how much I love teaching junior high. I am proud to open their minds to the amazing world around them. I have great students this year and am seeing many old students. It is funny how you never know if you really touch the student as much as they touch your heart ... and then some come back. Those few make it known that it is felt. Good times! Teaching the "soon to be teachers" is nice because it is a way to give back and affect the future - great combination. Plus the pay allows me to buy some interesting objects for class : ) For any of my old PSTI students - I hope you are enjoying student teaching or the classes getting you ready.

1st Week of School!

Wow ... we made it through the 1st week. The class environment is set for the year and now we get to start learning. I like showing Imagine It2! to my students to set their mind but I need to find a way to shorten it. I want to take out about 15 minutes of the video but I am not sure on which 3 sections to take out. My students that engage themselves so far, enjoy the video. My darlings that look like a handful ... not so much. I do still like the message that it sends after we go over classroom rules. It is like rules for the mind. Students will do their first lab next week and make their classroom patch on Monday. This will be interesting!

My appologies

Good evening to anyone looking at this. I found out 2 days ago that somehow my website has been deleted by our district server. I am currently making a new website - off of our school server. I am beyond upset at the situation but am looking to the future. This is a gift in letting me start new and simplify. The site is on google sites so I can incorporate so much more technology that our district does not use and will shortly be back at kendiaherrington.com. The site is listed as https://sites.google.com/site/msherringtonswebsite. Once I feel like it looks decent (sorry but I am a perfectionist) ... I mean the other site took me 6 years to create ... anyway I will switch the name over.