Makayla's Award

We had gotten an invitation to an award ceremony for Makayla in the mail a few weeks ago. When we asked her about it she had no clue what it was for. She knew very little about the ceremony except for what we told her which was information from the letter. When we arrived and recieved a program we all tried to guess what she was getting an award for. My original quess before viewing the program was for her participation in the Duke TIP program. After seeing the program I knew that wasn't the case because he scores were below the criteria, barely. After seeing the program, my quess was right. Makayla recieved an award for honor roll. Each 6 weeks she made the honor roll! It was exciting and quite an achievement for her. We always keep close track of her grades due to her being in level one classes and her gymnastics. We never really knew except once that she made the honor roll because she never came home with the usual propoganda. Not sure why. We are very proud of her!

Unfortunately she did miss the Duke TIP award for reaching the state level of acheivement for taking her SATs in the 7th grade. The minimum criteria was to make a minimum of 510 on the math portion. Makayla made a 490. :( Poor Makayla...

Isa says goodbye to SEEDS

Isa completed her first year of school at SEEDS! She attended on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I'm glad she got to experience school before she started public school. She loves her teacher Ms. Loria. Isa is her little princess and always her big helper. She also attended dual language Fridays with Ms. Angela. Isa looked forward to Ms. Angela's class every week. They have a special bond and Isa has grown quite attached. Alayna will be attending next year on Tuesdays and Thursdays like her big sister, Isa. She is ready!! Even Ms. Angela says she is ready the way she marches into the classroom every Friday. Isa absolutely LOVED it and was very sad to go. Everyday now she asks to go to school and gets upset when I tell her it's over and there is no more school until after summer. I hope she is as enthusiastic when she starts kindergarten in the fall.

Originally their last day of school was to be the day of their graduation but since IKE interfered with everyone's plans at the beginning of the year school was extended one week. Since they had already graduated they had fun days. The last day was splash day and since they are the oldest they were the last to go so they had a blast!! They got to make the biggest mess and the best part for them, they didn't have to change out of their bathing suits!! They got to play in their bathing suits all day!! They finished with popsicles while they dried off outside and returned to their classrooms to get gifts from Ms. Loria and their friends. Isa will really miss all of her new friends.