April 28th was intense

Today I told my students at lunch that I was moving to Alaska. Before I told the students, the teachers and I made predictions about what was going to happen. We predicted that everyone was going to be happy, except for the known drama queen. Overall, students laughed and sounded a bit confused. My 5th and 6th bell classes which are my elementary class and ninth grade classes had the opportunity to watch the video that I had created to explain my leaving of the school. I answered questions for about 15 minutes and then it was business as usual. I planned on showing the video the next day for the students that already saw me prior to the news. 

I did not want any of them to cry about me leaving. I'm leaving to do something new. I always let my students know how much I care about them. We might play and have fun at times in class, but ultimately, I'm the adult in charge of the room and not their friend. Its this type of relationship dynamic that has enabled me to leave without tears. I know I have done my job with them. 

Here's the video that they watched....