I will have a smaller class. I thought I would feel like no one could take the place of the great class I had this year, and they were terrific, but I am thinking about all the neat things that might happen next year. Unless your kids this year are going to a different school next year - middle school, etc. I have taught 5th grade these last 3 years and have watched 3 totally unique group of students move on the middle school. Each year for some reason I have atleast half or more to stay the whole day on the last day of school.
Most parents bring in their children, get the report cards, and leave.
We had a wonderful last day, but this years students were the hardest to let go of. My little boys were so talented both academically and artistically. They were actually closer to me than my girls which truly made this a most unusual year. I had one little boy who was soooooo talented in acting, singing, and was such a comedian. He really made the days go by with such enjoyment though I was constantly having to get him to settle down.