Well, everyone survived the first day! Hurrah!!

I always love the first day of school.  I got everything prepared.  Arrived at school by 7 am and situated everything.  The "magic" worked wonderfully!  Students were amazed and a little nervous.  I think the long black skirt, fuzzy hair and black granny boots threw them off a bit.  I even had one student tell me as she walked into class that she was changing her schedule to take chemistry, but by the end of class, she said she decided to stay.  How's that for a great first day?  The magic potion grabbed their interest, but I think it was when I stuck my hand in the crystal clear water and pulled out a ball and a cube that they got a little freaked.  (In a good way).  I didn't get a chance to do it with my first block class because the class was only about 5 minutes long, due to a really long homeroom time. Anyway, I'll try to get some pics of the balls tomorrow if I remember.  I don't have a planning period, so that will be tricky.  And I already know which class will be my challenge.  But the other classes are shockingly fantastic.  Even the challenge class was pretty good.  I can just tell that I'll be moving some girls around and I can sense the drama to come.  Kind of like, if we are in a lockdown I don't want it to be with that group or we're all dead kind of feeling.