Padres Teacher's Appreciation Night

What a great night!

We arrived at the VIP entrance to meet Ashford University president, Ashford University Dean, the past two recipients and the three other recipients of the scholarship. Ironically enough, I had a connection with two of the other recipients. Jay happened to be a colleague from another school I taught at and Tiffany happened to be a fella Alpha Chi from college. It was nice, too, to be able to talk to the past scholarship recipients, Dan & Lindsey, about their experiences this past year in the program. Nicely enough, they will be completely done in six weeks. To hear that they are close to completion was great, because I anticipate being done next year as well. On top of that, Ashford University president mentioned that this year's local San Diego graduates flew to Iowa to walk with the remainder of their graduating class!

Following our introductions, we entered the gate so that the Pad Squad could give us our credentials to go on the field. Courtesy of Padres and Donovan's, I was given a gift bag that included:
* Padres coin
* Padres flag/banner
* Padres hat
* $150 gc to Donovan's

Awesome huh! We were escorted on the field where we were placed in order of presentation. A group photo was taken before they announced and presented all of San Diego County 2008 Teachers of the Year. Cool because I got to see another colleague from the school I first taught at.

It was then our turn and we were asked to stand at home base and lo and behold, who do I see?! Matty!! A friend from college (Yes Jenna Benna, our Matty!). He happened to be shooting the game and he even came up to me and gave me a hug. Awwww, I miss that guy! It was so nice to see him. He has always been sooo sweet. Anyway, it was cool that he was the videographer.

Following my mini-reunion, we were then announced and presented a framed certificate of our scholarship award. Thank you again to my principal and colleagues; Joyce, Rick, Tram, Elaine & Gabi for their letters of recommendations for my application.

After the presentation, we were then escorted off the field and directed to the Western Metal Box Seats. Food and drinks at our leisure, a great view AND the Padres WON!!! And my sweet mommy brought me a bouquet of stargazers that I now have in my classroom. Smells and looks beautiful!

It was definitely a great night to be a Teacher in San Diego, especially for this one! Thank you to my family, friends and colleagues that came out to the game and cheered me on! Thank you to my siblings, my sister especially, for watching the babes throughout the evening. Thank you to all congratulatory ims, emails, and texts. I appreciate your kind words and support! I could certainly use them as I go through this program!