A very exceptional teacher

5-22-2009

I am little behind on posting but today I spent a little time processing some older photos when I came across Tara's 1st grade, end of the year party for her class. She was lucky to have been taught by Mr. Spicer who I honestly believe is a genius. My boys were also lucky enough to have him in their first grade classes, also.

We spent the first half of the party eating, then the kids spent a little time playing on the playground.

They released butterflies that had grown in the classroom.
Then Mr. Spicer took some time to talk about the Bradshaw family. He walked over and grabbed ahold of Cameron and pulled him up to introduce him to everyone.

I happen to be sitting in the wrong area for pictures but I had to snap away anyway.

Mr. Spicer told the class that Cameron was in his very first 1st grade classroom. He talked about the challenges he faced with it being his first class and the things that he has learned along the way.

He remarked about Cameron's height and quickly admitted that although he used to carry Cameron around as a little 1st grader, he wouldn't be able to carry him around now. Then he looked at Cameron and challenged him to see if he could carry Mr. Spicer around. Yeap, he definitely can.

Then he called on Triston to stand. He talked about how sweet and shy Triston was in his class and how different he was from Cameron.

Then it was Tara's turn.
After all of that fun, Mr. Spicer unloaded boxes of books so the kids could all pick one very special book to keep from Mr. Spicer.
Tara already misses Mr. Spicer. She prepared a letter to mail him and was nearly in tears when she started talking about having to have a different teacher next year.