I just can't say enough about how I love the girls school! I feel like they are getting a private education at this charter school. The flag ceremony is my favorite part. It starts at 8:15 and school begins at 8:30. All of the classes line up in back of the school. The principle talks to them first, often giving some sort of praise to the kids by picking one of their sentences he was impressed with or an art piece he liked (Those get hung on his special picks bulletin board for all to see.) Then the music teacher leads everyone in a patriotic song. After that it's the kids that take over. Each class takes a different week and the kids lead the pledge. Then if there are no more announcements the kids head back to class. The helper kids for the week lead them in skip counting as they all leave. All the way to their classrooms the kids skip count. They do anything from counting by 2's to counting by 12's, 15's or even hundreds. After all there is no time to waste without learning here!
On this particular day Neeley was awarded student of the month for her class. The teacher was impressed by how well she is doing with being the new kid at the school. Coming into it she knew none of the 74+ phonegrams the other kids have been learning since kindergarten and now she does well above the class average on them. In fact she got a 100%! I am so proud of her for working so hard and always giving it her all!
A few of my other favorites about school are the jump rope chants and lunch notes. Often, as we are driving I hear the chants they do for jump rope coming from the back seat. My favorite is Mexico Texico! It takes me back! Also, we have a tradition of leaving the girls a note in their lunch box every day. This was just an example of one I found that Jeremy did. Neeley keeps one just like it in her folder. How could you not have a wonderful day with a note like that from Dad???!?
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