Last day of school

It' hard to believe that another school year has come to a close.  Regan will be an 8th grader at RMMS next year, Jordyn will be a 2nd grader at Fairview, Morgan will be a 4th grader at Fairview, and Kaleb will be a Kindergartner at Fairview.  This year has been so busy but tons of fun.  Since I already wrote about Regan's school year, it's Morgan and Jordyn's turn!  Both girls did excellent in school and were especially self motivated in the AR program.   Morgan really took off in her accelerated math.  She was excited that she was the first one in the school to complete 200 math objectives.  She also earned 530 AR (reading) points and earned all A's in her classes.  Her teacher, Mrs. Willis is a great teacher and really pushed Morgan to be her very best.  Almost every day,  Morgan would come home and say how much she loved Mrs. Willis, something that isn't typical of Morgan.  I love the teachers at Fairview!!   Jordyn took off in reading this year and ended the school year with 225 AR points.  She read right up until the last 2 days of school until she couldn't take anymore tests on books at the school.  She would bring home stacks of chapter books and picture books each night and have them all read by morning.  I'm thankful that I didn't have to push her much and that the great teachers at Fairview really motivate the kids to enjoy reading.  Mrs. Walker has been a great teacher for Jordyn.  She really strives to get to know each child and takes a genuine interest in helping each child succeed both in their academics as well as the social aspect of school.  Jordyn struggled a bit at the beginning of the school year because her best friend was in the other 1st grade class which meant that they wouldn't be spending much time together.  Mrs. Walker recognized that Jordyn was having a hard time and tried extra hard to help her make some new friends.  Within a couple of weeks, Jordyn was back to her happy self and had found some fun girls to hang around with.  I'm so thankful for good teachers that really take an interest in each child.   

They started something really cute this year at our school.  When the students achieve 200 AR points or 200 math objectives, they get to be "Principal of the Day,"  which means that they get to make some of the announcements on the intercom, deliver notes to students, spend some time with our principal, and they get to have a pizza lunch with our Principal, Mr. Lord's.  The kids love it, in fact, Jordyn could hardly wait to get achieve her 200 points.  At around 120 points, she started saying, "only 80 more points, only 78 more points, and on and on and on every day.  She was so excited when it was finally her day and it turned out that she got to deliver a note from me to Morgan which made it even more exciting!  Morgan got to be the principal twice, once for achieving 200 AR points, and once for achieving 200 Math Objectives.  Way to go girls!  Morgan and Jordyn also got to participate in the gifted and talented program every Thursday for 1 hour out of their day.  It was just a little something extra in their day and something they really looked forward to.  I'm sad that due to our districts budget cuts, they won't have the program next year so this just means I need to do a little extra with them at home.   

Morgan and Jordyn are only 17 months apart.  They are complete opposites!  They are either best friends or worst enemies:)  I hope they continue to work on their relationship and be great friends in the years to come.  Both are beautiful and talented in so many ways. 

The last day of school they had field day which included face painting, dunking machine (Morgan's favorite) she loves being dunked, snow cones, hot dogs, popcorn, Mr. Jenkins fun swing, cotton candy, and tons of games.