Saturday, December 3, 2011

Coloring Within the Lines, 2011

Havar, fall, 2011
Principal: Ilila Peterson; Primary Teacher K & 1: Jasmine Frankson; Primary Teacher 2 & 3: Henry Mendenhall;  Primary Teacher 4-6: Rosemarie Miller

Primary Students: Breckin Grey and Esther Dawson are in 4th grade; Chase Dawson, Amyra Dawson, Jennifer Kent, Jessica Kent, Lara Grey and Matt Sweeny are in 3rd grade; Lilly Ana McMillian, Alia Shae Wilsonoff, and Udar Shazad are in 2nd grade; Ana Rayne Wilsonoff, Jeremy Kent, Lora McMillian, Indira Grey and Craig Smith are in 1st grade; Jacob Carr, Richmond Grey, Lesia McMillian, Olivia Humphrey and Christopher Smith are in kindergarten





It was the first day of school and Ilila loved the chaos and the excitement in the air. She loved watching the parents bring the little ones to the school for their first day. One day she and Brandon would be here with the twins, and hopefully another child at some point in the future. They had decided to go ahead to fertility treatments and were in the middle of their first round.


She looked over the crowd again. She loved watching each family give their final words of encouragement to thier babies.


Some parents had done it before,


yet were still affected by the magnitude of the event.


It was obvious that it was the first time for others


as they stood nervously in the corner wondering what to do and where to go.


Jasmine's class was growing larger each year and Ilila had even split the grades again to allow for less students, but it was still a large class.


Jasmine handled it with ease and Ilila made note to check the budget for a possible raise or at least a teacher's aide. Perhaps she could ask parents to volunteer their time in the classroom.


Ilila was glad that Henry and Rosemarie had finally graduated. She couldn’t wait until she could hire her interns full-time.


Rosemarie and Henry were like gifts from above.

They were creative and had great control over the children

and their subjects.


There was no way she was going to let them get away from her, 

 especially as she reviewed their evaluations.

They were top notch and highly recommended. Thankfully they had both accepted her offer for full-time positions and that helped to ease the teaching load in the school. Her next goal would be adding another classroom to split the grades again and allow each teacher to teach two grades at a time and have no more than 10 students in thier classroom.



She had managed to squeeze some extra simoleans from the budget to replace the cook with Erricson. He was Jasmine’s son and Krissy’s nephew, but the young man knew his way around a kitchen. His meals were much healthier than the previous cook’s incessant mac & cheese and burnt chili. 

Now the students enjoyed a variety of salads, healthy sandwiches, soups and of course, mac & cheese, but this time with real cheese. Unfortunately once he graduated, she would need to look for a new hire since he had shared his dreams of going into entertainment as a round table knight. He said he would work at the school as long as possible, which was great, but Ilila had to wonder where his head was. A round table knight?

She knew that she would be able to find another cook, especially since she had won a grant for the school. The extra money would help with updating the technology and adding more teachers and classrooms.


The daycare was also operating as well on a trial basis. If it was successful, then Ilila would open it up to more toddlers and it would bring in some extra income to the school. 

Currently a small room was set aside for the daycare


and so far Ilila was only accepting toddlers into the program.


There were a few kinks and that made the long-term feasibility of the program uncertain.


It wasn't as if she wasn't busy with her duties, especially thanks to little miss Olivia.


So far Olivia had gotten into two fights, both with older students.


Ilila admired the spunky little girl, she was tough.


However fighting wasn't tolerated at all in the school.


After a long meeting with the students


and a forced apology, Ilila was on the phone with Olivia's parents.


She issued a strict warning and a two simday suspension for the fighting, along with the recommendation that Olivia join the school basketball team to learn some discipline and self-control.
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Pictures are still wonky, I'm adjusting to my new computer and even though I zoom in for the photos and crop out all the headlines, they are still showing up in the snapshops.

12 comments:

  1. Olivia is Faith;s daughter. LOL I love your toddler idea. I hope it all works out in the end. And the new pics look great. Much more clear and I can see so much more. Your teachers really have their hands full with all those kids. But I loved reading it!

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  2. New computers can be Evil. Still, your pictures look good - probably better than you think.

    So many kids... must be hard work for the teachers, but playing them looks like fun. (says the Simmer with one child in her hood. Ain't that a big number?!) If Nuidya attitudes to education weren't... slightly different to SimNation's, I'd definitely have a school in KS myself... if I had more kids. :)

    - VT

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  3. Troublemaker or not, Olivia is so cute! Love her! I also loved the pics of the parents dropping their kids off for the first day.

    So glad that Henry and Rosemarie are doing so well as interns. More teachers are sorely needed and they both look like they'll be fantastic with the students.

    The new pics look great and I barely noticed the headlines. You can always use the cheat to turn them off temporarily though or just force a wardrobe change with InSim, which also gets rid of them individually.

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  4. Riverdale, oh, yes. Faith is about to get everything she dished out and Olivia is only five, can you imagine her as a teen. Poor Faith will have a head full of grey hair before she turns thirty. Thanks for reading.

    VT, I can't wait to see how you will approach education in your hood once you get more kiddos. Thanks for reading.

    Carla, Rosemarie and Henry are now full-time teachers since they graduated last spring. I'm trying to have more "events" and "occasions" for the primary students since they usually don't create as much drama as the teens. Thanks for reading and thanks for the tips, I'll try those next time.

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  5. Your school is absolutely stunning. I love it! Like others have said, I bet it's difficult for the teachers to mind all those children, but I bet it's a blast to play!

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  6. Simberry Fields, thank you, it's still a work in progress and it is fun to play and see them interact and notice possible romances, friendships and enemies. Thanks for reading.

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  7. Oh, wow at the first picture... I've only just started playing schools, so I don't think I've ever had that many kids on one lot at a time! The daycare is a great idea, too... I have one in my hood (the building, at least), but I've never really played it (*adds to to-do list*).

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  8. Blackcat, that is only going to get bigger. All my ACR induced pregnancies are becoming school age. I'm still experimenting with the daycare, so it might change up a bit, thanks for reading.

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  9. I love the idea of the parent's dropping their kids off! I never think to do things like that! I don't mind the headlines, it reminds me that it's a game :). I just try to shot around mine, I'm too curious about them to turn them completely off. And you do have A LOT of students! No idea how you manage that lol.

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  10. Mizzgin, thanks, the parents were actually pretty cute with their kiddos. I'm beginning to teleport the kids in by their classes so it won't be so many at once :P

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  11. He whole intro was fun with the parents dropping the kids off. Liked all the different personalities for each family and how they dealt with it.

    I wonder what Faith thinks about Olivia getting suspended when she's only 5! That's not a good start! She's too cute though!

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  12. Maisie, thanks, I was wondering if anyone would notice the differences in the families and how they dealt with the first day of school. I don't think Faith was very surprised about her daughter's suspension to say the least :P thanks for reading.

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Thanks for reading and taking the time to comment! :)

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