First CC race 🏃
Shecklet #2 is giving cross country a try as a way to get in shape for the ski season. I’m super proud of him for trying something new.
Tag: school
First day of Freshman year – 2021-2022
We have a high schooler! How can this kid be in 9th grade? Wasn’t it yesterday that he was starting kindergarten? So excited to see what this year has in store for him!
As a friend of mine pointed out, he’s lucky to get to go to school with bare feet 😆
School materials delivery
Shecklet #1 is going to high school online this year. He received his non-digital materials today!
First day of school – 2021
Here we go! Returning to the school buildings for in-person instruction for the first time since March 2020.
Love these crazy kids so much!
Back to school night 🏫
Getting ready to head back to school in person! Tonight was meet your teacher / get your schedule night for Shecklets 2, 3, & 4.
We survived distance learning!
What a year! Such an understatement.
It’s hard to sum up all of the thoughts and feeling I have about what took place during the 2020-2021 school year. The kids were resilient and grew in ways that Jake and I are so proud of. They tried new things, were flexible in numerous areas, and handled frustrations and challenges better than I ever expected.
Today was spent doing “fun” things – Shecklet #4 had a virtual dance lesson, award ceremony, and watched a movie. Shecklet #3 ended the day with making play dough. Shecklet #2 was effectively done yesterday because his teachers said he didn’t have to log in today. But I asked him to pose for a last day photo for me and he willingly agreed 😊
All three of these kids are looking forward to going back to school in person in the fall. I hope for their sake it can be as close to normal as possible for them. 💛
Final day of 8th grade
It’s the end of an era for Shecklet #1. He started at his charter school back in the fall of 2012 and finished (via distance learning) today, June 16, 2021. When he started as a kindergartner, it was difficult to imagine him as an 8th grader. And yet, here we are.
First day of school photos: K-8. 8th grade isn’t a uniform photo because uniforms weren’t required while distance learning. And I didn’t have them pose for a second round of photos with them on 😊.
Last day of 8th grade. No more covid hair!
Tonight was the 8th grade banquet. He finally had an opportunity to see many familiar faces in person and mask-free and put an exclamation point at the end of his middle school chapter.
The two teachers in the picture above were constants in Shecklet #1’s life these last two years. The teacher on the right was Shecklet #1’s social studies teacher in 7th and 8th grade as well as his homeroom/cohort teacher. The lovely lady on the left was his case manager for 7th and 8th grade. This past year she was also his math teacher and worked with him on grammar skills every day. It’s safe to say that she knows him the best out of all of his teachers.
At tonight’s program, Shecklet #1 was surprised by being acknowledged with two awards – the “President’s Award for Educational Achievement” and the “PBIS SPARK Award.” We are so proud of what he has accomplished, how he has persevered – especially when things were hard, and look forward to watching him continue to grow as he starts high school in the fall – online!
Top Golf
While the boys were at their first two frisbee games today, Jake and I attended the 2021 DVA golf fundraiser for the kids’ school.
This year’s format was different from previous years – thanks to covid. However, it was still really fun! We teamed up with our friends Tom and Melissa and met a new couple who happened to be parents of one of Shecklet #3’s classmates.
Never gonna give you up…
9.5 days of school left and counting…
I think we are all getting a little nutty as the distance learning school year draws to an end. This kid is always making us laugh 😆
