As always, summer ended, and it was time to get back to school. This year Mary Grace's school kicked-off a "year round" schedule... which means little more than starting one week earlier, ending one week later, and having three long breaks during the year. It did push the start date back to the first week of August. Fortunately, Mary Grace did not mind summer coming to an early end... she was ready to get back to school with her friends and get started in 1st grade. She was really excited to show her friends her new earrings.... oh yes, Mary Grace got her ears pierced the week before school started. She was thrilled to start this school year feeling like a big girl! This year she is in Mrs. Engle's class. We LOVE Mrs. Engle! She is fun and creative, but also very challenging. She means business, but she has turned out to be the PERFECT fit for Mary Grace. Mary Grace is really enjoying first grade! This year has introduced us to unit projects, chapter books, accelerated reader, accelerated math, spelling tests, and nightly homework... not to mention one extra hour of school each day. But, so far, so good! She is having fun..., learning and growing by leaps and bounds!Carolyne also started back to school in August... 4-Year Old Preschool. She 
was thrilled to get Ms. Rachel as her teacher. Rachel taught Mary Grace's 3-Year Old class, so Carolyne was already very familiar with Ms. Rachel. That made for such an easy start to the year... no tears and no worries... quite a change from last year's first day! The 4-Year Old class introduced a couple of new things to the preschool routine... the removal of a daily nap (oh my!) and the addition of computer class! Carolyne was thrilled to welcome both things into her weekly schedule... she was especially excited to learn she would be skipping naptime! She really loves computer and is continuing to learn many new things in Spanish, Discovery, and Music. Ms. Rachel is an awesome teacher and is really helping the kids get ready for Kindergarten! It is hard to believe that this time next year, Carolyne will be in "big school" every day. I am not ready for that!
was thrilled to get Ms. Rachel as her teacher. Rachel taught Mary Grace's 3-Year Old class, so Carolyne was already very familiar with Ms. Rachel. That made for such an easy start to the year... no tears and no worries... quite a change from last year's first day! The 4-Year Old class introduced a couple of new things to the preschool routine... the removal of a daily nap (oh my!) and the addition of computer class! Carolyne was thrilled to welcome both things into her weekly schedule... she was especially excited to learn she would be skipping naptime! She really loves computer and is continuing to learn many new things in Spanish, Discovery, and Music. Ms. Rachel is an awesome teacher and is really helping the kids get ready for Kindergarten! It is hard to believe that this time next year, Carolyne will be in "big school" every day. I am not ready for that!
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