All Good Thing Must Come to an End

This week was my very last week student teaching at Pequea Valley High School and a fun one to end on. Right now, I am only reaching one class and it is the class that I taught the full 14 weeks. We had a HUGE event take place that I felt very fortunate to be a part of and there were many sad goodbyes and thank you's. 

Vet Science was the class that I had from start to finish, so naturally, I began slightly attached to every part of this class. We had the fetal pig dissection, animal restraints, bandaging, suturing, and more! Every step of the way was pushing myself outside of my comfort zone and learning new content areas. This week, the focus was on suturing, which is one of the topics that I was most excited to learn. While we only spent a few days on this, I learned so much about knot tying and techniques. For this lesson, I performed a demonstration on how to tie a knot for suturing and then students practiced on rulers. It was a fun lesson overall, and the students were pros by the end of the class!

This week, I got to be a part of the Pequea Valley FFA Banquet and the first ever Ag Olympics. I was pleasantly surprised that I would still be at Pequea Valley long enough to be included in the banquet, but I am so glad I got to help with the planning, setting up, and execution of the banquet. Because of COVID, the banquet was not as great as it usually is, but even so, it is still amazing that they were able to have one for the students. It was such a fun process and I loved the final product. The officer team also put together the first ever Ag Olympics! It was such a huge success and we had participants from students and teachers and had events like "The Beardless Masser (for Mr. Masser)," the egg toss, a pie eating contest, and an obstacle course! There was such a great turnout and it was nice to FINALLY have an after school event!

Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end and Friday, this amazing experience came to an end. I had the most amazing week and time at Pequea Valley. I was surprised with a party on Thursday from my Vet Science class! I got an email in the morning that I needed to have an exit interview with the office during the beginning of 7th period and when I came back from the staged interview, I found an amazing party waiting for me - pig themed of course! The students planned this event when I wasn't there and helped my CT set it up. Friday was my final day and I got so many amazing cards and letter of encouragement from the students and my ct's, as well as a perfect goodbye video! 

I will never be able to write enough about how grateful I am for each of these students, but I know that this week will be one I remember for years to come!