It's Back to School Again!

 It is that time of year again! Back to school for Excel.  Every year our first day of school means a gingerbread hunt for our students. This year was no different.  The students help us make gingerbread men and we put them in the oven to bake before we go to recess...and what do you know, when we come back from recess, they are gone! We search the entire school meeting our Director, Associate Director, Secretary, and Custodian trying to find the sneaky guy.  The gingerbread man leaves clues and treats along the way.  This is a great way to start the first day of school!

Our Birthday Board

We practice writing our names in the
Writing Center.

At our open house we have a list for the parents and the students to check off all the different stations and activities they need to complete before leaving.  This not only helps the parents but it also helps us too! We also love to give the students a treat before they leave.  This year we handed out pop rocks, the students really liked it.

We also gave each student "Ready Confetti."
They are supposed to place a little confetti under their pillow the night before the first day of school and it will make them have the BEST first day! And it worked! We had a great start to our new year!