Mr. Locke’s Classroom

Accross the state of Texas today a collective sigh of relief goes up from students, teachers, and administrators alike as the Language portion of the TAKS is done and gone, at least until next year. I will now resign myself to eagerly awaiting the results with the rest of the school–I think we really did [...]

I had the honor of watching the first Romeo & Juliet Performance Projects today. Several were very good, a few were hard to watch, but all were worth the while…Among my favorite moments were: Daisy and Joe with a “cool, mellow, laid back” Balcony Scene Gisela, Olivia, Maribel, and Janet with a “street brawl” fight [...]

We’re here at the historic Menger Hotel in downtown San Antonio–the rooms are an interesting Victorian-style decor, the hotel is right next-door to the Alamo, and is also supposedly haunted by ghosts! Amy enjoyed her first session with all of her fellow music teachers (like a few thousand of them, at least), and Grady is [...]