While the West Des Moines Community School District Superintendent was beginning her speech to the staff of WDMCS at the district-wide welcome back meeting, the teachers of the district created a flash mob to the enjoyment of their unsuspecting colleagues. With only one more day of preparation left, the teachers shared their talents by performing a parody of the song, “One more day” from Les Miserables. br br Lyrics: br One day more! br Another year and one more planning day. br As we start this road to the end of May; br These students who in spring were here br Will surely come to school this year. br One day more! br -------- br I am not ready for today. br What shall I do once school has started? br -------- br One day more. br -------- br Tomorrow you’ll be halls away br Because the summer now has parted br -------- br One more day all on my own. br -------- br Do we know the common core? br -------- br No more time for preparation. br -------- br Will my lesson be a bore? br -------- br I’ve run out of planning time. br -------- br Please collaborate with me br -------- br Soon the students will be here br -------- br One more day before we start! br -------- br Do I join her for PD? br -------- br Learning targets bring you freedom! br -------- br Shall I join their PLC? br -------- br Common assessments shall be made br -------- br Formative or summative? br -------- br Will you come and plan with me? br -------- br The time is now, the day is here! br -------- br One day more! br -------- br One more day to education, br We will help these students grow! br We'll be ready for these schoolboys br We will teach what they don’t know! br -------- br One day more! br -------- br Watch 'em run around, br Catch 'em if they fall, br Making sure the classroom’s br Ready for them all, br Here’s a little crayon br There’s a little glue br Markers, pens, and pencils br They know what to do! br -------- br One day to a new beginning br br Raise the flag and say the pledge! br br Every student will arrive br br And I hope I will survive! br br There's a new world for the teaching br br There's a new world to be taught br br Do you hear the school bells ring? br -------- br All right, br I’ll join, br your PLC! br -------- br One day more! br -------- br I am not ready for today. br What shall I do once school has started? br br We’ll become these student’s heroes br We will lead and they will go br We will build them a bright future, br We know things that they don’t know.