Back to School Night

I went to Princess and Prince's Back to School Night last night. It went from 6:00 until 8:30. The Principal talked, the person the school is named after talked, the PTA President talked. Then it was off to the kids' classrooms. I did a brief stop in Kindergarten, picked up the hand outs, and then sprinted over to 2nd grade. It was interesting. They are expecting a lot from the kids. They can do it, but there are going to be some growing pains. For example. All of the spelling tests are "self motivated". When they take one test, they get to take the second test. It is not like last year when one spelling test went home every week and they had a test on Friday. All of the studying is done in class. I told Princess that I want her to tell me that she takes at least one spelling test a week. It is odd to do it this way because it takes the parent out of the picture. I have lots of spelling tricks that I introduced to Princess last year. I guess we will see if she remembers them. They are also going to have lots of science experiments and math problems, Princess's favorite!

The Prince is going to have a fun year! The Kindergarten team is planning to keep them very busy. I am glad to not be a room parent for Kindergarten this year. It involves a lot of asking for help from the parents, trying to make sure every parent has the chance to volunteer, and dealing with unhappy parents.