...Looks like Bryce and I are staying in Salem for a while. I just accepted a position at a middle school just 2 miles south of our apartment. I'm thinking about buying a bike. :-) I'm really excited about teaching middle school and I feel like it'll be a good fit for me.
Houck is a "Title 1 School" (poor) and the band has a pretty rocky history. It was a large, successful program until the band teacher got busted 5 years ago for sexual abuse and is now in jail. The program tanked and several teachers have come and gone. I think the kids and community need consistency and lots of encouragement and love to heal from that kind of ordeal. The teacher I'm following has helped the program turn a positive corner and I plan to build on her success. I get to teach 5th grade beginning band, 6th grade beginning band, intermediate woodwinds, intermediate brass, percussion and advanced band.
Tomorrow morning, Bryce and I are flying down to Phoenix to see Dad and LuAnn for Father's Day. Then on Tuesday night, we'll take a short flight to Albuquerque (sp?) to visit our new niece, Grace Elizabeth Hanson for a couple of days. Bryce's brother is in the Air Force and I hope we get to visit the base and see cool planes... maybe even a UFO... did I mention we just bought the entire series of the X-Files on DVD?
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