End of the School Year - Teacher Reports

To mark the end of the school year, we met with the boys' teachers for parent-teacher conferences and then we receive a written report. In the fall, we went in with expectations that the boys act like they do at home and were surprised when we received opposite reports. This time, we were very surprised to learn that the boys have different interests at school (some of which may be the age difference).

Connor's teacher continues to rave about Connor's new found maturity this past school year and how serious he takes his school work. He has picked up more challenging works in the areas of math and language and fully expects him to be reading by the end of the summer. She said he is very mathematically minded. For the next school year, he will officially be a kindergartner and will have the opportunity to "mentor" the younger kids on all the areas he has mastered the last two years (which involves learning patience). She said there is the occasional times when he picks out "busy-work" so that he can look busy while socializing with his best buds, but she lets it slide since he is usually focused. We love to receive these excellent reports...I look forward to what Kindergarten holds for Connor.

We then met with Brady's teacher. Quote from his report - "Brady is a sweet boy who is eager to please, happy, well liked by his friends, and full of energy". We couldn't agree more! She said Brady is very independent and continues to be interested in geography which explains all the various maps that are brought home daily. He has also learned to write his name which was an important achievement and has picked up a few challenging works that he has already mastered. He is not as interested in math or language, so that will be his goal for summer school into the new school year.

They will spend the next couple months in the school's summer school program, which is really just an extension of what they have been doing all year with some added flexibility for field trips and swim lessons. In August, they will kick off the new school year with their current teachers, friends from school that will return, and some new students.