I've fallen behind in posting about several of the field trips and other school activities over the past month or two. So here's a quick recap.
Hayley (and I) got to go with Pre-K to the Panhandle Plains Museum down in Canyon. That was the first time we'd been there -- they had a lot of neat stuff!
Then Hayley had to create a race car for Pre-K made from supplies around the house. She choose to make a wooden box with Tinker Toy wheels and use her little stuffed dog to be the driver.
They raced them on the same day that Pre-K did their Texas song for the Fab Friday morning assembly, so Hayley was dressed as a cowgirl.
It was about this time that we started transitioning Hayley over to Kindergarten. She was reading so well that at first they started having her just go over to a Kindergarten reading group a couple of times a week. Then we decided to have her switch over to full-day Kindergarten to see how she did and get a better assessment of where she should be next year.
So the following week, she got to sing with Kindergarten at the Fab Friday assembly.
That same morning they had the Kindergarten Writer's Workshop where the kids invite a parent and share the books they've been working on all year. I didn't expect Hayley to really have anything since she had just barely been there, but she did have one book all made! It was called "Lucky's First Time in School."
She read it to me and was excited to show me the kindergarten room.
McKay decided to audition for the middle school talent show. He wanted to play the "Star Spangled Banner" on his trombone. He was plenty nervous so he played a little fast and missed a couple of notes, but we thought he did great! I was proud of him for just being brave enough to get up in front of everyone to play.
Next it was Courtney's turn to be part of a Fab Friday assembly. Her 1st grade class did a little presentation about the water cycle. They sang along and "acted" out to a cute song about the water cycle. Courtney got the part of water vapor (she is on the far left).
Brian and I attended the 6th Grade Awards Assembly at the middle school last week. McKay earned several awards. The previous week at his spring band concert, he received the award for Outstanding Trombone. (Unfortunately, I was out of town and missed the concert and Brian forgot to bring any cameras with him.)
At the award assembly, he also received an award for art (which surprised him, since he always claims he "stinks" at art) and for being a "High Flyer" (basically a student-of-the-month).
The third award McKay received was the American Legion School award. This is an award given across the country to 6th graders (one boy and one girl from each participating school). In order to be considered for the award he had to write an essay on the theme "What it Means to be an American" as well as meet several other criteria. He received a nice certificate and medal.
We're very proud of all the kids for having a great year!
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