We have so many new staff members, so many new teachers returning in our district

And we welcome you today to the 2015-2016 school year.

I hope that the summer was incredible

And I know the school year is going to be incredible as well.

And it's almost ready to begin

Just one more day left

The students will be arriving soon

And will begin a new academic year

So what's on your mind exactly?

Maybe you're thinking about the three different preps that you'll be teaching

and pondering which PLC you are going to be a part of

or perhaps you're a new teacher, who is just hoping to finish your first week of planning before the students arrive.

or maybe , you're that grade level team of teachers working at one of our elementary schools

trying to get your classroom ready in time for school to start on Monday

Regardless of where you are as a teacher

Our district wants you to be ready for this new school year

Now, I know that we have only one...

(laugh)

One day more!

Another year and one more planning day.

As we start this road to the end of May

These students who in spring were here will surely come again this year.

One day more!

I am not ready for today

What shall I do once school has started?

One day more!

Tomorrow you'll be halls away

Because the summer now has parted

One more day all on my own

Do we know the common core?

No more time for preparation

Will my lesson be a bore?

I've run out of planning time

Please collaborate with me

Soon the students will be here

One more day before we started.

Do I join her for PD?

Learning targets bring you freedom

Shall I join their PLC?

Common assessments shall be made

Formative or summative?

Will you come and plan with me?

The time is now, the day is here

One day more!

One more day to education, we will help these students grow

We'll be ready for these schoolboys

We will teach what they don't know

Watch'em run around, catch'em if they fall

Making sure the classroom's ready for them all

Here's a little crayon, there's a little glue

Markers, pens, and pencils, they know what to do!

One day to a new begining

Raise the flag and say the pledge!

Every student will arrive

And I hope I will survive

There's a new world for the teaching

There's a new world to be taught

Do you hear the school bells ring?

All right, I'll join your PLC!

One day more!

Tomorrow we'll discover what our God in Heaven has in store

One more dawn

One more day

One day more!

(cheers)