Building relationships with your students is important. I reflect on this often, and then ... it dawned on me... on my 40th birthday... that it started with my OWN teachers! My Facebook blew up with Happy Birthday wishes. Mrs.Cornell was my kindergarten teacher! She even attended my wedding! Mr. Patterson and I keep in touch weekly, he was my grade school principal! And Mr. Hanssen was my history teacher in high school. Random ka-winkie-dink!
