Saying Goodbye to Miss Hamner!

Today we said goodbye to Miss Hamner!  It was really hard to keep a secret from Miss Hamner, but your kids did a really good job!  On Monday she had to go to UVM in the afternoon for class and while she was gone the kids all made her cards.  They were beautiful!  They drew, colored and wrote their hearts inside those cards!  We gave her an LL Bean bag teacher bag with her name on one side and all of our names on the other!  We put a big pile of books inside and the kids wrapped it up!  Our last day with Miss Hamner was a normal day until finally...FINALLY...it was time to celebrate Miss Hamner!  We gathered on the rug and gave her our present.

Then Miss Hamner surprised all of us with a gift bag of treats!  You've seen them by now and know how sweet the ornaments are that she made for each of us.  On the back of the ornament it says, "2015 Miss Hamner" and I overheard a very excited voice say, "Look!  Miss Hamner gave us her number!"  (Someone thought she was handing out her phone number!!!)

And then it was time to go home...I thought there might be tears (MINE anyway!) when it was time to say goodbye one last time, but Miss Hamner got lots of hugs and the kids went home happy to have known  her!  

She will be missed by us all!  She was calm and kind and encouraging and will be a wonderful teacher very soon!  The kids loved her and so did I! 

Good luck, Miss Hamner!