School Preparations

This week has been full of preparations for the upcoming school year. Monday evening I went to the school gym to pick up James' school supplies. I'm so thankful our wonderful PTA sells pre-packaged school supplies for every grade. It's cheaper and much less hassle than going to the store and trying to get everything needed for the upcoming year. I went towards the end of the time frame so the line wasn't too bad. Wednesday night Brian attended the 1st grade curriculum night. All the teachers told the parents about what the kids will be learning and doing this year. There will be many big changes for James. Daily homework instead of weekly and a spelling test every Friday are the two biggest changes. The students will also be sent home with a different book to read each day. Thankfully his lunchtime is more reasonable this year (11:20) although I had gotten used to eating at 10:44 once a week.

Last night was Meet the Teacher Night. There was lots of activity going on in the gym before the event officially began. I got James all signed up for cub scouts and picked up a new spirit shirt and a student planner for this year. Once the doors opened, we made our way to Ms. Meyer's classroom. Our school is organized into pods - groups of classrooms for each grade. Unfortunately, the school has grown so much since the doors first opened that many classrooms have had to shuffle around. The 1st grade pod has 6 classrooms but due to enrollment, there need to be ten first grade classes. Ms. Meyer, along with three other 1st grade teachers, have classrooms in the fourth grade pod (the entire fourth grade is outside in portable buildings). The two moms who have had kids in Ms. Meyer's class in prior years have both loved her so I really think James is lucky to have her. She seems very nice and enthusiastic about teaching first grade. James put all his school supplies away in the appropriate basket and even got to put some in his desk. I think he's going to have a great year!!