The Nitty Gritty

            Five years ago, Isaac was hired to teach full-time music at Nibley Park, a K-8 school in Salt Lake City School District.   He wanted to teach elementary general music instead of jr. high or high school choir. We felt fortunate that Isaac was able to find a job teaching general music in an elementary school in Utah. The principal at Nibley Park worked it out to where he would pay half of Isaac’s salary to keep him there full time and the school district would pay the other half.   While Salt Lake City School District hires music teachers to teach music in their schools, Isaac was the only elementary music teacher in the district that got to stay at one school and run its music program.             Isaac is an outstanding music teacher and I will greatly miss attending the musical performances at Nibley Park. He incorporated his ideas that went ag...

I was lucky to have to wear this red polo everyday. Sure saved me the headache of trying to figure out what to wear!      This Wednesday will be my last day working in the After School program at Nibley Park. I am so sad about leaving this job. It has been the perfect job for our family.  I am so thankful that Isaac was looking out for me two years ago and found this job.  My favorite memories of working at Nibley Park, are not just working with the students, but of how well everyone there treated my sons. They never treated them like a burden or talked down to them. They always welcomed them with big smiles, high fives, and comments like, "Hey buddy!" The other After School employees always smile and say, "They're so cute!" when we walk in. Josh Vineyard, the After School Director, aka my boss, has been so wonderful to the boys. Everyday we come in, he has his ipad or iphone all set up and ready for William to play Angry Birds. He would offer Wil...