Great Things Seen & Heard

TR thought his dog go lost outside during a Zoom meeting but it turns out the dog was behind him, inside the house!
KW’s puppy was loudly snoring during a Zoom meeting and everyone thought it was someone in the meeting!

Someone secretly went into the school and watered plants just in case we’re locked out longer! Thank you!!
The idea of forming a mutual support group for staff has come up. What a great idea!

Students at our home basketball tournament were excited to hear that their coach was going to be in a fight, but it was just a crazy rumour.
Some thought the opposing team’s basketball coach was saluting as if to Hitler, but it was a sloppy hand sign for a three-pointer!
Sometimes the size of our email window changes a message: “calling a student to the office to call her father” was cut off to say, “I called a student to my office and called her fat!”
Our finance secretary thought she’d play a trick and jumped out to scare a staff member but it was a student’s mother at the door, not the EA!
One of our teachers made a pocket call to a parent and the mother was so interested in the lesson that she listened in for the whole thing! That’s a compliment!
Overheard when the order of Christmas planters was assembled in the conference room:
“What an odd order, all these planters and only one wreath!”
A substitute teacher called student names in to the office for attendance and thought the baseball player, JH, was “Huggies.” That boy had better start practicing neater handwriting!

A student found his lost glove encased in ice when he parked in the same spot the next day!
Sleeping student found in our art gallery by a custodian in the evening…ZZZ!
A student wanted his teacher to pop a pimple between his eyebrows one afternoon. Yuck!
Did you know our divisional psychologist has been known to be in a cover band for ZZ Top?
When completing his survey, a student asked, “Do we even have bullying in this school? Who even has time to bully?”
A student reported to our Wellness Coach, “You won’t have any fun tomorrow because I won’t be here!”

Wear a Hallowe’en mask in November? Sure!
An upset student grabbed a pile of TR’s papers to rip them in half when demonstrating anger in his office the other day, but then reassured him not to worry, she’s not strong enough.
New animal identified by student on a time test: a whackamole!

Asked a student who was lounging in the hall if he was sick, and he said, yeah. When I told him we have to put sick students into an isolation room, he jumped up, said he was kidding, and went off to class!
Who would ever have thought that “Death of a Salesman” could be so traumatic for a parent?
Heard a student say, “Move, b_ _ _ _ !” but she really said, “Move, please!”
A student ate CB’s gift of dried meat on the school bus on the way to school, so now he is the least favourite of the family!
We heard we have a new favourite teacher, Kanye West (ra)!
Accidentally said, “I don’t want to see your privates” instead of “I don’t want to see your private information.” Oops!
A previous student who is in college for graphic design will be coming to school to work on our silk-screening equipment with KM!

A new substitute confused our two older white-haired men on her first day.
Volleyball divisional results: girls won and boys came in second. Way to go, teams! Thanks, DW!
Killer weekend for one teacher: her family members had much hunting success and she got her moose! Congratulations, JA!
Conversation with student: Maybe tutoring will help? (No, dear, you have missed 80% of your classes so it will take more than that…)
Overheard: Today is all right, but tomorrow will be my favourite day: it will be like a Friday but will only be Tuesday!
Overheard: Lazy plus absence equals a deathly combination.
Student asks for exemption for an assignment: First he had volleyball, then he had basketball, and THEN he had a shop fire. The shop lighting on fire was totally beyond his control.
What kind of drawl do some students have at EWP? Why, withdrawl of course!

Data Driven Decision-Making: time each version of O Canada to determine which combination takes the least total time in a week. You’d never guess who volunteered for this task!
Slip of the tongue: meant to say “I’m on your side” but said “I’m on your case!”
New school rule: selling car parts must take place outside the school, outside school hours!
New favourite teacher: Mr. Rozner!
NS received a surprise this week: someone purchased her a gift from her classroom’s Amazon Wish List!
Teacher shouted out a window for a skipping student to return inside but he replied, “No, I’ll try again next week.”
Students in FBE were engaged with a business escape room. What a great idea!
Students in Math have game-type homework assignments, where different answers lead to different pages.
Student seemed proud of his reputation: he was bragging, “Moms are really into me! Every time I’m on Facebook, they like me!”

Great news: Texthelp Read&Write for Google is back for all students! Yay!
Overheard: We received new funeral pictures this week!
Correction: Don’t nip it in the butt, but nip it in the bud. Come to think of it, don’t sniff it in the butt either!
Overhead at hockey: boys saying they deserve more brownies!
Overheard: Happy Friday! (except it’s only Tuesday…)
You know it’s been a long day when you answer your phone and someone tells you that you sound like a robot…

Mes mots hebdo