Showing posts with label school. Show all posts
Showing posts with label school. Show all posts
Friday, March 16, 2012
Eagle Day
It was an Eagle-rific Day in Caden's classroom today. Everything you could possibly want to know about Eagles - and then some.
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Movies
Yes - I'm watching the Academy Awards and don't mind admitting it. My two other guys are at a movie and I have the entire house to myself - except for Kona. Oddly, she's not that interested in watching.
We are still recouping from a week in Jackson Hole with great friends and family while enjoying the best mountains in the country.
Today we had a visitor from Philadelphia with his 4 year old daughter stop by our house . They are applying for admission to the same school that Caden attends and were in town for part of the process. The school gave them my name as a person who can give them a sense of what the school "community" is like. I hope that by inviting a few other families over with all of their kids helped give them an idea of what our little "community" is like. If they withdraw their application - maybe the school should reevaluate the idea of handing out my contact info to prospective applicants.
Back to the Academy Awards...still haven't seen Hugo but obviously someone liked it.
We are still recouping from a week in Jackson Hole with great friends and family while enjoying the best mountains in the country.
Today we had a visitor from Philadelphia with his 4 year old daughter stop by our house . They are applying for admission to the same school that Caden attends and were in town for part of the process. The school gave them my name as a person who can give them a sense of what the school "community" is like. I hope that by inviting a few other families over with all of their kids helped give them an idea of what our little "community" is like. If they withdraw their application - maybe the school should reevaluate the idea of handing out my contact info to prospective applicants.
Back to the Academy Awards...still haven't seen Hugo but obviously someone liked it.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Randomness
Anthony Weiner is seeking treatment. For what? He's an Asshole. We now have "treatment" programs for that affliction? Shouldn't there be one on every corner?
I missed the GOP debate tonight. We were out eating mediocre Mexican food instead (which means we could have been at any of the local Mexican restaurants). I did catch a glimpse of the panel of candidates - or it could have been a Saturday Night Live sketch. I couldn't tell the difference.
Caden had his last day of pre-school last week. They didn't have pre-school graduation ceremony - thank goodness. They did have a great pot-luck for the kids and parents. Why aren't all graduations like that?
Caden and I are heading to the beach tomorrow. Hope we get some sun.
I missed the GOP debate tonight. We were out eating mediocre Mexican food instead (which means we could have been at any of the local Mexican restaurants). I did catch a glimpse of the panel of candidates - or it could have been a Saturday Night Live sketch. I couldn't tell the difference.
Caden had his last day of pre-school last week. They didn't have pre-school graduation ceremony - thank goodness. They did have a great pot-luck for the kids and parents. Why aren't all graduations like that?
Caden and I are heading to the beach tomorrow. Hope we get some sun.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
It's just a shirt
I'm sorry Caden. Oh - you'll get an in person apology when I pick you up from school but thought I might as well say it here first - to make me feel a little better.
This morning you wanted to wear a football jersey to school. I said "No" because you wore the same shirt two days ago. The morning didn't go as planned after that. Tears and yelling ensued - from both of us. It was pathetic and all my fault.
We could go deep into therapy to get to the bottom of this but suffice it to say...it was my issue...not yours. My lord - I didn't want you wearing a shirt because you had worn it two days prior - and it was clean! What was that all about? I don't know - although I think I dug my heels in once I said the initial "No" and was just determined that you weren't going to "win". That's maturity at it's finest.
Your school doesn't even have a dress code (Thank Goodness). They only ask that your clothes be clean and not ripped to shreds. We have that covered.
I normally let you pick out your clothes and you do a fine job. I'll keep reminding myself of that.
Again - I'm sorry for being an ass about what shirt you wanted to wear today. I'll make sure you wear it tomorrow - but only if you want to.
This morning you wanted to wear a football jersey to school. I said "No" because you wore the same shirt two days ago. The morning didn't go as planned after that. Tears and yelling ensued - from both of us. It was pathetic and all my fault.
We could go deep into therapy to get to the bottom of this but suffice it to say...it was my issue...not yours. My lord - I didn't want you wearing a shirt because you had worn it two days prior - and it was clean! What was that all about? I don't know - although I think I dug my heels in once I said the initial "No" and was just determined that you weren't going to "win". That's maturity at it's finest.
Your school doesn't even have a dress code (Thank Goodness). They only ask that your clothes be clean and not ripped to shreds. We have that covered.
I normally let you pick out your clothes and you do a fine job. I'll keep reminding myself of that.
Again - I'm sorry for being an ass about what shirt you wanted to wear today. I'll make sure you wear it tomorrow - but only if you want to.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
School auction
No - we're not auctioning off a school. It's that time of the year when schools in our area (Private and Public) are gearing up for their annual big fundraising event.
This is something new to my family. I don't think my local public school had large fundraising programs in place that got the parents involved. Of course this would have been quite a while ago in small town South Texas and it might have actually happened - but I don't remember it. (I do remember selling magazine subscriptions for the band to help buy new uniforms.) Yes - I was in the band (back when it was cool to be in the band). Yes - there was a time when it was cool to be in the band.
Anyway..now days, elementary schools have year round campaigns to augment all types of programs and teacher salaries. Caden's school has their annual campaign geared primarily towards scholarships and teacher development. Someone actually said to me, "why do you have to raise more money when your tuition is so high?" It's been a lesson for me also. Having a student teacher ratio of 7:1 costs money - and even more than the annual tuition covers. I can see why these fundraising programs are so important to the local public schools since their government funds are constantly being cut (and they aren't even expecting such a low student/teacher ratio).
I've somehow gotten very involved in Caden's school's big event. I think I mentioned one time before that I'm trying to act all eager and involved this first year - so I won't feel obligated as much in later years. Do the math - he's just in Preschool and this school goes through High School. That means the potential of 13 more years of volunteering. (oops - I began a sentence with "that"...my blog - my grammar.)
Just my two cents...
This is something new to my family. I don't think my local public school had large fundraising programs in place that got the parents involved. Of course this would have been quite a while ago in small town South Texas and it might have actually happened - but I don't remember it. (I do remember selling magazine subscriptions for the band to help buy new uniforms.) Yes - I was in the band (back when it was cool to be in the band). Yes - there was a time when it was cool to be in the band.
Anyway..now days, elementary schools have year round campaigns to augment all types of programs and teacher salaries. Caden's school has their annual campaign geared primarily towards scholarships and teacher development. Someone actually said to me, "why do you have to raise more money when your tuition is so high?" It's been a lesson for me also. Having a student teacher ratio of 7:1 costs money - and even more than the annual tuition covers. I can see why these fundraising programs are so important to the local public schools since their government funds are constantly being cut (and they aren't even expecting such a low student/teacher ratio).
I've somehow gotten very involved in Caden's school's big event. I think I mentioned one time before that I'm trying to act all eager and involved this first year - so I won't feel obligated as much in later years. Do the math - he's just in Preschool and this school goes through High School. That means the potential of 13 more years of volunteering. (oops - I began a sentence with "that"...my blog - my grammar.)
Just my two cents...
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