What's in a name.

Last year I taught the first student of my career who shared my same name. Her name was Hayli. This year is quite a different story. My name (and variations of it) must have been very popluar in Murray, Utah, 15-18 years ago. Why do I know this, you ask?

1st Period has a Haley, 7th Period has a Haley, and (oh my goodness) 6th period has a Haylee, another Haylee, and a Hailey

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh . . . . they're attacking!!!

Other names of interest as I look over my roles are Zechariah, Jatavia, Maika, Measha, Kadeem, Markessa, and Tagiafouga, just to name a few.

Pros of Murray High School

I have worked for Murray School District for 5 days now. Here are the "pros."

• High Expectations.


• Dress standards for teachers. (Jeans are only permitted on Fridays. Perhaps this is restricting, but I think it adds a degree of professionalism.)


• Thermostat in my own classroom.


• Assertive leadership.


• Collaboration among teachers.


• Math department refridgerator, microwave, and laser printer down the hall.


• Textbook lady


• Part time math assistent for 2 of my 3 sophomore Algebra classes.


• Biggest class is 28 students


• Toys! I need to get two more cables so I can hook up a vhs/dvd player to my ceiling mounted lcd projector. I need to get both it and my new laptop wired to my classroom sound system. Oh, and I have calculators and a variety of other TI supplies as well.

That's enough for now! More to come next week. We'll see what happens once the students arrive.