Twinning: Thing 1 and thing 2

It has been a long time since my last blog post; I definitely overestimated this thing they call “free time.” We recently had our fall literacy fest, where each of the teachers dressed as book characters and read their books to all of the kindergarten classes. Naturally my co-teacher and I chose Cat in the Hat and found thing 1 and thing 2 onesies from target. The kids freaked out when we jumped up from behind the library in our matching, firetruck red onesies! Not only was it Halloween but now their teachers were dressed like giant fuzzy "things"…it was quite the day. :)

Andre Agassi cuts the ribbon!

October 23^rd was the official opening and ribbon cutting of KIPP Destiny elementary in Dallas. We were joined by KIPP founder Mike Feinberg, the Dallas Mayor and world renowned Tennis Player and Olympic medalist Andre Agassi who funded the KIPP Destiny building. Two of my students were apart of the ribbon cutting ceremony and were able to officially cut the ribbon. When my principal informed me that Andre Agassi would be coming to my classroom to film the media clip, I nearly died! We were featured on several news channels (thankfully not the part where my kids asked Andre, “who are you?”) That’s kindergarten for you. It was an absolutely incredible day and I have a feeling my students will relish it for years to come. The look on their faces when they found out they were on TV was purely heart-warming. The support for the new school from the community leaders and KIPP was incredible. I feel so blessed to be apart of this experience.

The team and family are some of the most talented, dedicated and amazing people I’ve met. We’ve heard so many great things from parents…

“It is such a blessing that you guys came here. I am so proud of my son and what you are doing for him!”

“What y’all doing here is so powerful. Y’all put your money where your mouth is, and bring it!”

Articles from the event:

http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2013/10/23/canyon-agassi-fund-kipp-partner-to.html

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/best-southwest/headlines/20131023-agassi-celebrates-charter-school-in-dallas-red-bird-area.ece

http://keranews.org/post/tennis-star-andre-agassi-serves-cash-kipp-charter-school?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20kera-northtexasnews%20%28keranews.org%20-%20Latest%20News%29

http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2013/10/andre_agassi_is_inaugurating_h.php

Videos from the event:

http://67.214.100.182/Player.aspx?ShareId=7ce9b9f5-f459-456d-9bc2-d1f693004498&PortalId=02958B97-4E8D-49ED-8F3E-309F535B0CC1&EmailAddress=aniess%40universal-info.com&FileId=F5C2EB09-2D25-46B5-843D-43976D38D759

http://67.214.100.182/Player.aspx?ShareId=cebba806-8db9-4d1c-a267-d94bf9db4160&PortalId=02958B97-4E8D-49ED-8F3E-309F535B0CC1&EmailAddress=aniess%40universal-info.com&FileId=1C713AC5-9B11-4EEE-B240-F7006B1E5BAF

Pictures of the event

Andre speaking at the ceremony

Mike Feinberg speaking at the dedication ceremony

Andre visiting our "Texas Tech Red Raiders"

Eller Alum Spotlight

So blessed that the Eller College featured my blog and my journey in their college blog. Eller provided me countless opportunities and has been immensely supportive of my journey in the education field. Read the post here!

https://blogs.eller.arizona.edu/pdc/2013/09/dream-job-spotlight-mary-myles-13/