Mary Beth Putnam

@millbrookmagnet @dmidge @sebastian_shipp @bunting36 @DiannKearney Congrats! You guys are SO deserving.

A few of our rockstar front office friends were inducted into the service club this morning! Congratulations to AP Midgette, AP Shipp, and Coach Bunting! 💙🐾 @dmidge @sebastian_shipp @bunting36 @DiannKearney

Baby girl is 21 today. So much for pretending to be young (me, not her!) Happy Birthday @abbeyputnam. Love you more than you know. 💕💕💕

Putnam fam is supporting App State women tonight at Cameron Indoor. Up at the half!

Thought a lot about all of my teacher friends @millbrookmagnet today. Hope your day went well, but I honestly can’t say I wish I had been there. Stay healthy. Love you guys! ❤️

Finally watched the Fear Street Trilogy on Netflix. Thought about mentioning it as I teach The Crucible because of the parallels in part three: 1666. Then it hit me…won’t be teaching The Crucible this year. #stilladjusting

@danak728 Well, seeing this definitely makes my retirement feel real! Hope you all have a great year!

Department chairs are here meeting their new staff and then meeting as a leadership group with me!

@MrsBLovesLit Good luck, Liz!

It’s been an affirming and nostalgic 2 weeks. I have finally finished my personal emails to each of the 162 past students who participated in my “Happy Retirement” movie that my family surprised me with on our family vacation. Now on to a new project!

@huntermargaux So excited, but a little shocked. I always thought you were joking when you said that in newspaper class! Math and/or science kicking your butt on the Hill? 😘

This is more like it. My favorite time at the neighborhood pool is before all the kids get here. Been there, done that!

@wesleycbrown Thank you! You were the only student on both staffs during my tenure!

@huntermargaux I thought you were the queen, but I’m willing to share the title! 👸

@huntermargaux My pleasure! 💕

Mentally preparing tonight for tomorrow, the last day of my teaching career. Here is my first Millbrook school picture taken in the fall of 1987, and my last taken in the fall of 2020.

@graysonnscottt Miss you more, greatest student! Hard to believe it’s been over a year 😘

@julietaventura Thanks, Juli! It will take some getting used to, but I know I will settle in soon.

@Mbputnam Congratulations MB!! Happy retirement 😘

It’s 5:00 on a Friday, and only 3 cars are in the parking lot. Typical in many ways, except this is it. I have no keys, I have no badge. It’s the end of an era for me. Hoping that “light and breezy” retired feeling comes soon. Once a Wildcat; always a Wildcat.

@travelwinesun Awww...Nicole, thanks for reaching out. I'm not sure when the tradition of calling me PutPut ceased, but you made me realize how much I miss that! Hope you're doing well.

@Mbputnam Congratulations on your retirement Mrs. Putput! I’m sure you will be missed, thank you for some wonderful years in newspaper 😊

Thanks to the 4 superstars who showed up to my last in-person class ever! You might ask what you do with your last teachable moment? You play name that tune using YouTube, of course!

After an emotional week, which included my last journalism senior send-off and a long overdue English department gathering, this retirement thing is getting way too real!