We made it alive.. I feel like we have been running around with our heads cut off.. Between T's soccer games, C's soccer, school, friends and family its been a constant go go go.. The kids have been out of school at 1pm for the last 10 days instead of having 3 days off for confrences.. I prefer the hr early release to 3 days off.. It to me just makes sense. That being said we had our confrences and I am pleased to say all kids are doing great. I had all 3 in a row and they started with C. He is doing amazingly. He was always the class clown and still is but was more focused on being silly and funny then school and wow that has all changed. He is reading at a 4th grade level in fluency and comphrension and a few yrs ahead in math. He and another student who happens to be his little crush are being pulled out daily to go to another class for extra work to continue their progress. They are also being sent home with extra assignments and as much as I hate the extra work on top of his homework I appreciate that she is taking the time to push and challeange him and not let him ride it through. They grade on a letter scale here ME is exceeding, MP is meeting grade level goals, DP is approaching and WB is well below... Carson was very please to get all ME.. it would be like all 5's at home. Next up was Logan.. We were a little concened as he has not been as focused or driven at school not sure what is up but we think it is just "boy" laziness.. But once again he is doing just fine. He too got all ME's with a few MP's.. He has always been a fast reader but we have always questioned if he understood it all, and it is catching up with him. He is still ahead in fluency but his comphrension is not as far ahead.. Still ahead, but starting to catch up with him. So we are taking time now to read and go over what we have read to make sure he understands. Otherwise he is doing very well, I think he is laking some confidence these days in general and Momma is on the confidence boosting trail.. Maybe it is just middle child syndrome. Next up was T.. I do not worry about her. She is always on it when in comes to school, she ahs the drive and passion to be the best student and leader she can be. She was accepted into the Gifted and Talented program which is the IB prgram for our elementarty school and she stays and additional 1hr 2 a week for class. Her confrence lasted all of 5 minutes. She too got all ME's and her teacher has her doing spelling and reading at the 8th grade level. She is ahead in math as well and a peer leader for her class in this. Her teacher also has her reading from the HS books since she has tested out of the Elementary school level reading program. Her teacher runs their class in groups since they do not switch anymore for diffrent subjects.. She has a group for Exceeding, on level, lower on level and needing some assistance. T is in the exceeding group with 5 other students. Poor thing has atleast 2-3 hrs of homework a night plus GT work, plus soccer. But she manages to do it all and we are proud of her. She just truned in all her paperwork for the IB program next year at her MS and will start her interview process shortly. Her teachers gave her glowing recs and our fingers are crossed that she gets in. We are especially proud because she chose to give up and elevetive to do the program! SO as for schoool things are going great and we are proud of each one of them. It is obvious to us that when their life is successful they are much happier and willing to do more..
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