Here's the Thing About Summer 2025
The Unexpected Blessing From the Chaos
It’s kind of unbelievable how relaxing this summer has been given the chaos of trying to figure out my work schedule at the beginning of summer. What started as chaos became an unexpected blessing.
In April, I applied to be a summer school teacher; it wasn’t until the second to last week of school in May that I found out they weren’t going to hire me as a summer school teacher—and that’s only because I reached out through email. Here’s the thing… I had already built my summer work schedule with SPARC through the assumption that I was going to be a summer school teacher. But then things got even more chaotic during the last week of school.
During the last week of school, we found out that SPARC program that I was supposed to be site director for didn’t have enough students enrolled for the after-school program, so now both of my summer work plans have been upended. And, I just want to pause for a moment, to thank my bosses at SPARC; they have always been my savior when my work plans fall through.
To make a long story short, I ended up floating around different camps and after-school programs during June and in July I became a one-on-one inclusion counselor with one of my students from Delaware Elementary who was attending Summer Adventure Camp at Wilder Elementary.
So, what exactly is the blessing that came from the chaos? The blessing is that other than to the two days where I subbed during summer school, my summer work schedule has been in half-day format which has allowed me to get some much-needed rest and get caught back up with my businesses’ needs.
— Week Two: TN&RP August 2025 Edition