Today the internet and phones went down at school for about an hour or so, which gave me a minute to work on a St. Patrick’s Day project for my faculty and staff.
When I was in 2nd grade, my teacher, Mrs. Sekella, made everybody a little Irish by attaching an O’ to our last names. I had a shamrock name tag for the day that read: Kelly O’Parks. We did a lot of magical things on St. Patrick’s Day that year, but the name tag has always stuck with me.
Cut to 14 years later… I had my first teaching job teaching 2nd grade! I made shamrock, Irish name tags for my students and even my grade level colleagues. Over time, I eventually made them for all of the faculty at my elementary school, and kept that tradition going for the 15 years I taught. Colleagues in the building were always excited to see their shamrock in their mailbox.
Last year, I had shamrocks ready to go, but we weren’t in school on St. Patrick’s Day. This year, I am confident we’ll be here, and I can’t wait to spread a little green and help everyone be a little Irish on March 17.
Part of Slice of Life by Two Writing Teachers March Slice a Day Challenge! I’m slicing every day this month. Thanks for stopping by.
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What a great memory you are creating and carrying on! My slice is about the internet outage too.
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That’s such a fun tradition! And especially in the tough teaching times, I’m sure the teachers will appreciate the element of fun!
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I love this! But I don’t think it would work for my O last name very smoothly!!!
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I want a remote shamrock! That day I will be Ms. O’FUNberg!
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So fun!
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I liked reading the history of how the Shamrock names started and how you incorporated them into your celebration over the years. What a nice tradition to look forward to this year.
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I remember you talking about this at some point. I love that you are continuing the tradition!
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