Retirement Clap-out

One of the traditions at Mary E Bryant Elementary is to clap-out the graduating 5th graders as they move on to middle school. Well today I received a surprise clap-out from the entire school.
All the students, teachers and staff secretly gathered in the courtyard to send me off. This in itself was quite a feat because my room is not far from the courtyard. At about 1:45 Mrs. Oberschall came to my room declaring that there was some sort of tech emergency in the office that needed my immediate attention. I thought to myself "great someone needs their computer restarted so they can print an email for a file."
But by the time I got to the doorway I knew something was up. Then by the time I stepped outside the cheering started. I went to the middle looked at all the cheering kids then climbed on top of the bronco to wave at everyone. That really got them going. I then jumped down and ran through the crowds giving high fives all around.
Back in the middle I stayed for a few more minuets just to bask in all the love. Teachers don't get that enough. Then it was time for dismissal but the teachers and staff had difficulty getting the kids to leave to their bus or car.
It was very humbling.

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