A sad amendment to the notes I wrote about Elizabeth’s second teacher change. We found out last week that her teacher, Mr. Cowart, had been in the hospital with a very serious case of pneumonia since his leave of absence. We also learned that he had battled cancer in the past and that it may [...]
Filed under: Elizabeth, grief, kids, parenting, school on October 1st, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I am so proud of Caleb’s efforts in school so far this year. He has really been motivated to work hard, and he has come so far in just 7 weeks. He finished reading Call of the Wild today, marking the sixth classic book he has read so far this fall. It’s hard for me [...]
Filed under: Caleb, Homeschooling, kids, parenting, school on September 27th, 2008 | No Comments »
The plot thickens in the ongoing saga of Elizabeth’s school situation…
To bring you up to speed, she had to change teachers after the first week of school because her teacher was moved to third grade. The explanation offered by the school was that there were not enough second graders registered to warrant the number of [...]
Filed under: Elizabeth, Homeschooling, family, parenting, school on September 18th, 2008 | No Comments »
I haven’t posted anything about Elizabeth’s new school yet, because frankly I was waiting until it got better to post about it. I realized that I was beginning to sound like Debbie Downer in my blog lately, so I thought I’d try to be more positive.
She had a great first week at school, but [...]
Filed under: Caleb, Elizabeth, Homeschooling, family, kids, school on August 21st, 2008 | No Comments »
After nearly two months of trying to decide what to do about school next year, we’ve finally decided to continue homeschooling Caleb. Elizabeth will go back to public school. I’m not sure what I expected from this homeschooling experiment of the last semester, but I certainly thought it would be temporary. I [...]
Filed under: Caleb, Elizabeth, Homeschooling, family, kids, parenting, school on June 9th, 2008 | 3 Comments »