Posts Tagged ‘school’
Fear of the Big Evil School Librarian
Posted by: Sarah on: December 2, 2009
- In: Daily Life
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Yesterday at dinner Shoshanna was merrily telling us about going to the school library and checking out a book (Ezra Jack Keats’ The Trip, for those playing along at home) when suddenly, her face fell. She completely crumbled. As enormous tears started rolling, she managed to choke out, “I forgot to get it scanned!”
We attempted [...]
I will be yelled at if I don’t post this as soon as possible.
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) [...]
big big big day
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.
It’s official!
Posted by: Sarah on: April 15, 2009
- In: Milestones
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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 [...]
It’s Official…
Posted by: Sarah on: November 4, 2008
- In: Daily Life
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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 [...]
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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 [...]