Back to School in September

While some students go back to school in August, I decided to use September to talk about it going back to school. What are some things you think of when you or your children return to school? Here are some things I remember. Yes, there are a lot! I went to school for a long time, then I put four children through school. I even have grandbabies in college now. God is great and greatly to be praised!

A – apple for the teacher, alphabet, algebra, arithmetic, arts and crafts, academics, awards, assignments, answers, assembly, auditorium, attendance, absenteeism, alarms, addition, associate’s degree, absolute value, atlas, adult education, angles, acute angle

B – backpack, books, bookbag, biology, blackboard, binders, bookmarks, bus, bell, bachelor’s degree, baccalaureate, breakfast, base-10

C – calculator, calculus, computer, computations, compute, crayons, colored pencils, construction paper, cafeteria, college, classroom, cricket, cursive writing, curriculum, chemistry, credits, combination lock, choir, clubs, colors, classes, charter school, chalkboard, blackboard, chalk, compound interest, coordinates, composition book

D – dance, dictionary, drawing, drafting, drafts, division, degree, drama club, diploma, division, dress code, drills, drill team, diagram, drawing, dictionary

E – exams, eraser, English class, economics, education, ethics, equals, equations, essay, extracurricular, electives, enroll, experiment, elementary, exponents, experiments, elementary school, extra credit, exponential, examples, easel

F – failed, free lunch, field trip, field day, facial tissues, making Father’s Day gifts, football, frogs, functions, factors, field trip, French class, flash cards, freshman, Fall Formal, folder

G – grades, GPA, gym class, gymnasium, graphs, geometry, Google, globe, geography, group projects, graduation, guidance counselor, glue, glue stick

H – home room, homework, home schooled, homecoming, Homecoming King & Queen, hockey, hexagon, history class, holidays, horizontal, health class, honor roll, highlighters, higher education, health class

I – interest, irrational numbers, ink pens, internet, instructors, iPad, instruments, isosceles

J – janitor, journal, junior

K – kickball, prom King, homecoming King, kindergarten, K-12

L – lavatory, laboratory, lab work, lacrosse, languages, logarithms, letters, linear, lines, lead pencils, lunch, lunchbox, lockers, lessons, laptop, Language Arts, learning, library, literature, lunchroom

M – making Mother’s Day gifts, matrix, matrices, multiplication, Microsoft, mechanical pencils, memorize, middle school, microscope, music class, markers, magnet school, measurements

N – nose bleeds, night school, numbers, school Nurse, notebook, novels, nap time

O – office, octagon, oval, oral presentation, online learning, obtuse

P – Principal, Principal’s office, Prom King & Queen, poster board, pentagon, paper towels, polynomials, proportions, permission slips, paragraph, preschool, parent-teacher conference, passed, periods, pencil sharpener, pencil case, phonics, PE (physical education), Physics, primary school, professors, paints, playground, private school, public school, protractor, class Project, paper towels, class President

Q – quarters, Queen Bee, prom Queen, homecoming Queen, quiz, questions

R – referee, runners, recorder, reading, rectangle, ratio, rational numbers, rate of change, report cards, relay race, recess, ruler, ROTC, right angles, right triangles

S – sports, soccer, swim team, shapes, shorts, Spanish class, snow days, slope, semesters, school bus, syllabus, stapler, subtraction, substitutes, sophomore, senior, short story, secondary school, scissors, students, scholarships, scouting, schedules, Science class, seats, studying, subjects, summer school, school supplies, scalene, spring break, summer break, study hall

T – teacher, tennis, track meets, teams, triangle, trousers, trapezoid, theology class, terms, theater class, thermos, test, thesaurus, track and field, truancy, tutors

U – uniforms, University, units

V – vertical, vertex, vertices, vocabulary, valedictorian, vocational school, virtual learning

W – writing, whiteboard, watercolors, words, workbooks, worksheets, Winter break

X – x-axis

Y – yawning, y-axis, yearbook

Z – Zoom meetings, zero

Did I miss anything? Drop a comment below and let me know if there are other words that remind you of school.