School Award Ceremonies

End of the school year is here again. The kids had such a good year and loved their teachers. Josh and I are so proud of all the hard work they put in and all they have accomplished. I can't believe we are going to have a fourth grader and one in middle school. They really are growing up to fast.

Jacob had an amazing year. We were so worried about him at the beginning but when he got transferred to Ms. Etchinson's class we knew all would be well. He thrived in there and she was amazing at getting him to focus and work hard. He even started to like reading this year, which was awesome considering that before this it was like pulling teeth. He reached his AR reading goal each period. Way to go Buddy!!! He also thrived in math. He really enjoys it (he even helped Meagan out with her fifth grade math once in a while).

This year he earned several awards. He earned the AR award, and A honor roll, and the tiger award. (this award is given to those who throughout the year show great school spirit and go up and beyond the call of duty to help out. Like cleaning the boys bathroom floor by picking up all the used paper towels....ewww but he wanted his school to look clean)

We love Ms. Etchinson she really was the best.

Meagan had a good year as well. To prepare the fifth graders for middle school they don't stay in the same class all day. They instead have five different teachers to teach the subjects. One for math, one for reading and so on. They keep all their books and papers in their backpack and move to each class for each subject. I thought this was smart to help them learn to keep organized and they will know what it is like in middle school. She excelled in reading, as usual, with a tenth grade reading level.

Meagan also earned a lot of awards this year. She got the AR award, A honor roll award, and honors choir, and battle of the books award. (Battle of the books is a program you can choose to do. You get a list of ten books you have to read throughout the year and at the end you get to battle other students for who knows the books the best. Kinda like a spelling bee) Meagan said that all the books were pretty boring and not very adventurous but she did it. My little bookworm!!

Here is Meagan and her homeroom teacher, Ms. Kittley. She taught math. Meagan passed her STAAR test in all required fields which is mandatory by state to move on to sixth grade. She also did very well on them too. Ms. Kittley said she was sweating bullets for Meagan on the math test because you are allowed to have four hours to finish it and if you go over time and don't finish you fail and have to do it over. Meagan finished in 3 hours 59 minutes and 30 seconds. Cutting it awfully close don't you think! We love you Meagan!!

- Sarah