The end of February in South Korea means the end of the school year. Now in the month of March, it feels funny to refer to my students as "my students from last year," and yet that is the reality.
Though I taught two preschool classes each morning, my homeroom class was my favorite, primarily because they felt like "my" students. Our classroom name was Spruce, so these students were my Spruce Class students. There were eleven adorable kiddos in this class that made my day each time I walked into the classroom.
Throughout our final week of school before graduation, I brought my camera into class and attempted to capture them in pictures and videos and much as possible. I feel as a teacher you are always looking towards the next step, or goal, and you are often too busy to look back for long. But when students shuffle through to the next grade and leave you behind, you can't help but miss them and think back.
Emily and Emma, posing for me while on a hallway scavenger hunt
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Four of my kids making faces while we waited for all the preschool classes to join us for a performance.
They had to wait a long time, so they turned into zombies.
My students, all hard at work and happy about it.
One of my dearest students was in love with our theme of world geography. For one month we learned about all the continents and many countries around the world. We made crafts, danced to world music, colored flags, and learned to identify places on a map. This is one student showing off his mad geography skills.
We were in the midst of a classroom survey, and one student wrote this all by herself. Pretty impressive for a 6-year-old.
And when they are not running around making funny faces or taking classroom surveys, they are practicing their monthly recital. Here it is for your enjoyment:
And that is my Spruce Class. I miss them already, but thankfully I still get to see their smiling, excited faces in the hallways when they come down from their Kindergarten classes. I think they still love me - I sure love them!
The end of February in South Korea means the end of the school year. Now in the month of March, it feels funny to refer to my students as "my students from last year," and yet that is the reality. 
Throughout our final week of school before graduation, I brought my camera into class and attempted to capture them in pictures and videos and much as possible. I feel as a teacher you are always looking towards the next step, or goal, and you are often too busy to look back for long. But when students shuffle through to the next grade and leave you behind, you can't help but miss them and think back.
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