Crestwood High School

Hello! I just wanted to tell you all about my experience so far at Crestwood High School, home of the RED DEVILS! I am really liking it so far. In the spring I will be teaching Honors 10 English, 3English 10 classes, 2 of which are partnered up with the special ed teacher, and U.S. 12 Literature. For my unit, which is Nov. 2-13, I will be teaching a regular English 10 class about personal narratives. I actually have a lot of fun things planned, which I will share later after I test them out. This week is homecoming week and also spirit week. I was told that the students aren't very school-spirited, but WOW! Being an outsider and walking through those hallways during spirit week has me amazed. The hallways are SO DECKED OUT! In one hallway, I believe it is the sophomore hallway, they have it decorated so it looks like a crime scene. There are yellow caution "ropes," whatever they are called, everywhere. On the floor they have a shape of a body outlined in white tape, as if a murder or something took place... It's so cool! I wish I would have brought my camera to take some pictures. The other hallways are decent, but I really liked the sophomore hallway. Tonight is their homecoming bonfire and they actually do this thing I've never heard of! A local automotive collision business donates a wrecked car and then the students buy tickets to use a sledge hammer and destroy it more. Crazy! Have you ever seen such a thing? Because of the delay in getting placed, I had a halt in creating my visual essay. I finally finished it! Check it out. I didn't have enough time in the video to incorporate what students do for fun...In brief, they live in a SMALL town which is approx. 1.41 square miles long! Therefore, the students go to other cities such as Streetsboro and Aurora to do things. They live somewhat close to Geauga Lake and close to Hiram College. Not much to do!