Posted by: Sarah on: October 19, 2009
Lots of things to report, most of them school-related.
Posted by: Sarah on: September 22, 2009
Posted by: Sarah on: September 11, 2009
The plan to stay “on green” all year lasted less than 2 days of school. Shoshanna reported yesterday that she got “on yellow” because she got bored and got out of her seat when she was supposed to be sitting. I am not shocked. She also reported that somebody got “on red” yesterday (for talking [...]
Posted by: Sarah on: September 9, 2009
The first day of kindergarten went very well… Shoshanna can’t wait to go back tomorrow. They had music class and art time – they started painting rainbow fish to hang from the ceiling of their classroom. She loved riding the bus and has declared that she wants to stay “on green” (good behavior) [...]
Posted by: Sarah on: August 20, 2009
Last week we got our notes notifying us of Shoshanna’s classroom assignment (which she shares her friends G & S, and maybe more kids that she already knows, they are just the ones we’ve talked to/heard about) and where her bus stop will be (on the next corner over), but not when the bus will [...]
Posted by: Sarah on: June 6, 2009
We had a very big day today. This morning was kindergarten registration, and then we went straight from there to one of our favorite SCA events, which is a demo and renaissance faire at the Herschell Carrousel Museum.
Posted by: Sarah on: April 15, 2009
We’ve known this unofficially for a couple of weeks, but the paper confirmation came today. Shoshanna got into the gifted & talented magnet school for kindergarten next year. We are thrilled, of course. But because this process can’t be easy even one step of the way, there is one and only one day for kindergarten [...]
Posted by: Sarah on: November 4, 2008
The choices have been made, the paperwork has been mailed. Shoshanna’s name is officially in the lottery for entry into kindergarten next year. We ranked the G&T elementary school as our first choice, and she’ll go through their battery of tests (which I believe include an IQ test as well as evaluation by a school [...]
The contrasts of Shoshanna…
Posted by: Sarah on: November 20, 2008
This week really encapsulates the contrasts of Shoshanna…
On Tuesday morning, we were at the Frederick Law Olmsted school for her kindergarten readiness testing – phase one of finding out if she qualifies for the gifted & talented program.
48 hours later, I was at Aspire meeting with a social worker to give her “social history” in [...]