year Her real name is Mrs Koepke but we call her Mrs Cupcake I heard she’s okay so that part is fine And Mr Smart is still our principal I always thought that was a funny name for a principal but I guess he can’t help it Mr Smart is pretty cool and there were rumors that he was leaving so I’m glad he didn’t I also found out that most of my friends are still in my class We only have one class for each grade in our school So I have known most of the kids since kindergarten Except Tegan who moved here from another country when we were in first grade And a girl named Yvonne moved away to the east coast this summer But other than that Mark and Mary Jane and Alex and Angela and the others are all here 2
On day two we were supposed to learn all about Saturn and other planets But instead of making us open our books Mrs Cupcake told us that she had some exciting news Mark punched me in the back It’s a habit he has one I try to avoid whenever I can Hey Josh maybe she’ll talk until recess he whispered I grinned at him I have something very important to tell you Mrs Cupcake beamed I noticed that whenever Mrs Cupcake gets excited she beams not unlike my baby sister Angie when she’s done something on her potty Well started Mrs Cupcake sitting on the edge of Jesse’s desk as you probably know it is a custom that this class goes on a special field trip 3
Oh yes This was going to be good This was what I was waiting to hear Of course we all knew about the annual field trip Each year Mrs Cupcake continued our Parent Advisory Council sponsors the trip and our teachers volunteer their time so that the class can go This year we are heading to Drumheller My mom is on the Parent Advisory Council Here finally was something she did that was worthwhile Everything else was mostly embarrassing Like showing up in the gym when we had an all-school assembly or going to the school board to complain about the fact we didn’t have enough instruments for everyone in music class and things like that But if my mom was getting us to Drumheller that was all right 5
