Torturing kids, one day at a time.

California has a required exam that students must pass in order to get a diploma.  It's called the CAHSEE and most kids hate it.  I teach ELD, so a bunch of my kids can't pass it...not because of a cognition problem, but simply based on the fact that they lived in another country most of their life and struggle with reading, not to mention literary analysis.  Anyway, we do lots of prep stuff with the kids, including tshirts they just bought the whole staff that say "Pounce on Proficiency" and "380" to motivate the kids.

My school just provided these brand-spanking new signs for our classrooms.  They are printed in full color, which, at a public school, pretty much automatically makes it fancy!  I figure this way we can torture them one day at a time......every day.......I hung it on my door so that they can't miss the torture!

I'm sure they're counting down....just like Christmas.