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Jun. 8th, 2014 10:09 amThe meet and greet for the STEAM program at Cordelia's school yesterday was crowded and kind of chaotic. They held it out on the playground where there's not a lot of shade and started out by having each staff member introduce themselves. I couldn't hear most of what was said. I was too far back in the crowd.
The PTO provided ice cream for the kids which went over well. I was startled to see that they had stuff with peanuts, though. The school is supposed to be tree nut and peanut free because there are kids with severe allergies.
After the teachers had introduced themselves, they broke us out into groups by grade level. They had the kids do a couple of getting acquainted games, but the kids weren't very enthusiastic about it (at least not the sixth graders to be. I don't know about the younger kids). After the kids were done, the teachers with our group had the parents do a get acquainted game, and most of the kids took off to play.
After the games, we broke up into smaller, more or less random, groups to talk. I talked a little bit to both of the teachers who'll be doing sixth grade. They seem to know what they're doing. One will teach language arts and social studies. The other will teach math and science. The plan is to have the kids move back and forth from classroom to classroom.
Cordelia was having a grand time, but I wandered around a bit without talking to many people. I'm not good at inserting myself into conversations. I looked to see if I could find the new librarian, but I never managed to locate her.
Cordelia is starting to see positives about staying at her current school. She commented that her class will be the oldest in the school for four years. About half of the kids in her class are staying.
Scott had gotten home while we were out. He was asleep when we got home, poor guy. He had to grill turkey burgers for our dinner because we didn't have anything else. After dinner, we went to Orange Leaf for frozen yogurt. I was disappointed-- They didn't have any crushed Heath bars to put on the frozen yogurt. I really like Heath bars. I took some crushed Oreos instead which wasn't as good but wasn't awful.
It's raining this morning, so I don't know if Cordelia will actually have softball practice this evening. It's too soon to tell, and they might well practice in the rain if it's not too slippery and there's no thunder/lightning. I'm torn because the girls need the practice, but not having practice would definitely simplify our evening.
The PTO provided ice cream for the kids which went over well. I was startled to see that they had stuff with peanuts, though. The school is supposed to be tree nut and peanut free because there are kids with severe allergies.
After the teachers had introduced themselves, they broke us out into groups by grade level. They had the kids do a couple of getting acquainted games, but the kids weren't very enthusiastic about it (at least not the sixth graders to be. I don't know about the younger kids). After the kids were done, the teachers with our group had the parents do a get acquainted game, and most of the kids took off to play.
After the games, we broke up into smaller, more or less random, groups to talk. I talked a little bit to both of the teachers who'll be doing sixth grade. They seem to know what they're doing. One will teach language arts and social studies. The other will teach math and science. The plan is to have the kids move back and forth from classroom to classroom.
Cordelia was having a grand time, but I wandered around a bit without talking to many people. I'm not good at inserting myself into conversations. I looked to see if I could find the new librarian, but I never managed to locate her.
Cordelia is starting to see positives about staying at her current school. She commented that her class will be the oldest in the school for four years. About half of the kids in her class are staying.
Scott had gotten home while we were out. He was asleep when we got home, poor guy. He had to grill turkey burgers for our dinner because we didn't have anything else. After dinner, we went to Orange Leaf for frozen yogurt. I was disappointed-- They didn't have any crushed Heath bars to put on the frozen yogurt. I really like Heath bars. I took some crushed Oreos instead which wasn't as good but wasn't awful.
It's raining this morning, so I don't know if Cordelia will actually have softball practice this evening. It's too soon to tell, and they might well practice in the rain if it's not too slippery and there's no thunder/lightning. I'm torn because the girls need the practice, but not having practice would definitely simplify our evening.