Samantha will be leaving the Elementary School and heading into 6th grade at the Middle School this Fall. She's excited about it -- her classes, joining band and just the overall increased independence. She has a large group of friends to support her and this year has taught her more about organization and structure -- two things that I expressed concern about with her 5th grade teacher very early on. We will be learning as we go, but so far, I feel pretty good about the transition.
One of the afterschool clubs that she was part of this year was "Puppet Club" and they learned to make their own puppets and then record movies with them.
This is Marge:
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Sophia will be entering 3rd grade in the Fall and this is the first time that she will be the "oldest Lapinski" in the school. Unlike her sister, she has a much closer group of friends and they managed to stick together despite being separated over three different classrooms in 2nd grade. She continues to love art (I'm hoping to get her signed up for more afterschool art again) and excels in everything -- math, spelling, reading, writing, etc.
Every year, the 2nd grade class does a big research project on a chosen animal. They spend time gathering facts and then putting those facts onto a poster of their own design. Sophia chose to research sloths (such a cool animal!) and we worked on her poster together. She then had to present it to the class. I hear that it went very well!
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Jack graduated from kindergarten this year (Class of 2031!) and will be joining Sophia at the Elementary School in the Fall. I have no qualms whatsoever about that, as he is very familiar with the school ... we have spent a lot of time there over the years ... and I know that Sophia will be able to help him with anything that he needs.
He loves learning and despite showing some moderate mood changes at home from time to time, he is a perfect little solider in school. His handwriting is gorgeous and he LOVES to practice writing words and sounding them out whenever he can. I can't wait to see what the next year holds for him.
Receiving his dipolma from his indergarten teacher, Mrs. Klaver:
Sitting next to his best friend, Colten:
They processed out to the usual 'Pomp and Circumstance" music and I teared up. That song gets me every time.
A newly-graduated FIRST GRADER:
The Class of 2031?! Wow. Just wow.
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James will be going to preschool in the Fall on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 8-11 am. He has been talking about this forever and we'll be starting a countdown pretty soon so that it is easier for him to visualize. In the meantime, he picked out his new bookbag (a special tradition that I do with all of the kids, ordering them early and having their names monogrammed on them) and he was SO EXCITED to try it on as soon as the UPS man dropped it off at our house.
A construction zone bookbag. Yes, please!
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