Savvy passed her assessment with flying colors and was allowed to start kindergarten. One month in her teacher confirmed that she was doing great and would remain in class. Thank goodness. The kid would be so bored otherwise. She is the youngest in her class and making lots of friends.
Cass started third grade and her biggest concern was being in a class where Spanish wasn't spoken. She also really misses her Reno friends. The Mt Rose cohort is a special group of kids and parents who we grew close with over the last couple of years. It has helped that the girls played with the neighborhood kids before school started, so they knew a few friendly faces. With each day, they both come home with stories about new friends they have made. And we write letters to Reno friends and send pictures, so all in all the transition has been better than we could have hoped.
The girls ride the bus together to school. It is the cutest thing! I see them off in the morning. In the afternoon they go to our neighbor Alejandra's house. And she speaks nothing but Spanish to them, so yay for keeping that going! Maybe one day the girls will be like their cousin Jen and study abroad in high school :-) And then we can come visit or take a sabbatical and join them! #wishfulthinking never hurt anybody ;-)
We had re-modeled a small study nook upstairs for homework, but the school has changed philosophy and there is no homework! Now this spot is used for crafts and mail, and other random house stuff. It is a far cry from the clean and organized way it began, plus we switched out the elephant with a picture of Yosemite and the chalkboard with a cork board.
Cass started third grade and her biggest concern was being in a class where Spanish wasn't spoken. She also really misses her Reno friends. The Mt Rose cohort is a special group of kids and parents who we grew close with over the last couple of years. It has helped that the girls played with the neighborhood kids before school started, so they knew a few friendly faces. With each day, they both come home with stories about new friends they have made. And we write letters to Reno friends and send pictures, so all in all the transition has been better than we could have hoped.
The girls ride the bus together to school. It is the cutest thing! I see them off in the morning. In the afternoon they go to our neighbor Alejandra's house. And she speaks nothing but Spanish to them, so yay for keeping that going! Maybe one day the girls will be like their cousin Jen and study abroad in high school :-) And then we can come visit or take a sabbatical and join them! #wishfulthinking never hurt anybody ;-)
We had re-modeled a small study nook upstairs for homework, but the school has changed philosophy and there is no homework! Now this spot is used for crafts and mail, and other random house stuff. It is a far cry from the clean and organized way it began, plus we switched out the elephant with a picture of Yosemite and the chalkboard with a cork board.
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