August 16, 2007 at 3:49 pm
· Filed under Education, Family
Three sets of school supplies purchased. Two backpacks down, one to go. And the little white envelope that generates more anticipation than the Oscar’s in this house has now arrived. Yes, the envelope with the answer to the million dollar question for every child - who will be my teacher - has arrived. And there are smiles all around!!!
It started with a phone call from my daughter’s friend. She was the first to make the announcement that her assignment had arrived and she got the 4th grade teacher we have been hoping for. Then the waiting started. When would our mail arrive? Luckily for me, it was about 15 minutes later and the white envelope was there. My daughter was jumping for joy when she realized that not only did she get the teacher we wanted (the same FABULOUS teacher that my son had for 4th grade), at least one of her friends will be in her class, too. There are only 4 classrooms per grade, so she has a good chance of being with most of her friends anyhow.
My youngest will start Kindergarten and she got a great teacher, too - one that will really challenge her. She wasn’t as excited, but she’ll get there.
Tomorrow will make it T minus 10 days to go back to school. Ready to launch into a new year of excitement, friends, and growing.
Gayla’s kids started back to school today - when do your kids go back to school? And what will you do with all that extra time during the day? My list is long and growing by the day…
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homemom3 wrote @ August 16th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
hehe, mine don’t go back until next thursday. Eeek! I’m not sure if I’m excited or sad about that. lol. Will explain in a blog post. Oh we got our list today too.
kailani wrote @ August 17th, 2007 at 1:04 am
How exciting! Glad to hear they all got who they wanted. Having the right teacher makes all the difference!
My daughter started Kindergarten in mid-July, She was in school for 1/2 weeks and is now out for a 3 week vacation.Crazy, huh?
Ingo wrote @ August 17th, 2007 at 3:09 am
Wow, that sounds exciting. It is so different from the German system.
Char wrote @ August 17th, 2007 at 7:31 am
HomeMom3 - my kids go next Thursday for one and Friday for the others to meet their teachers and get a preview. They actually start on Aug. 27.
Kailani - That is a crazy schedule! Do they do year round school?
Ingo - I don’t think that it is done like this everywhere in the states. It just happens to be what the elementary schools in our county do. The middle school kids don’t get their schedules until the orientation day (I think) and the high school kids don’t get their schedules until the first day of school (which I think is weird).
Oh… I remember those days well!!
It gave me a smile to read this!!
- Audrey
Pinks & Blues Girls
Char wrote @ August 17th, 2007 at 6:38 pm
Audrey - thanks for stopping in! You must be so proud to have raised such wonderful children. Your words of wisdom are always welcome here.
homemom3 wrote @ August 17th, 2007 at 10:19 pm
Char- mine start on thursday as well.
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