Another Successful End Of Year

I guess the title is a bit ironic, as it is just about time to start a new year. I had every intention of posting the year end total in June, but procrastination reigned. The picture above should give you some idea of what 382 052 bread tabs looks like. The large buckets each hold 100 000 and the smaller buckets each have 1 000. The bags hanging on the bulletin board are part of the count. This year, my dear little Gators, collected 178 364 plastic closures. One of my previous year's students brought in about 8 000 on her own. When I think back to the first year, when we collected 33 354.5 tabs, and one of my students informed me that, at that rate, it would take another 29 years, I am pretty pleased with how we're doing. In fact, I think people are actually beginning to believe that we will get to one million some day. A lot of people are asking, "What kind of celebration are you going to have when you get to a million?" The answer is that I really have no idea whatsoever. I have 3 grocery bags of tabs ready to greet my new Grade 5 kiddies. Thanks for of your support!