End of School: Student of the Month, Field Trip, 1st Grade Musical, etc....

The end of the school year is always soooo crazy!  This past May/June was no exception.  It began with Scarlett being chosen as the Student of the Month for Compassion.  We're so proud of her!

The assembly was a little long for these littles.

The last awards assembly Scarlett came home with several certificates for her hard work.  I love the last day of school photos.  So fun to see how much they've grown.

At the last parent teacher conference, Scarlett's teacher said she's never seen a 1st grade student score that high in math.  She said Scarlett really took her time to figure it out.  Ms. Burnham said she doesn't even know what questions the computer asks at that point.  Right now Scarlett is in the advanced 1st grade class.  Her teacher said usually kids who score that high on the computer don't do well in class, but not Scarlett.  She does well both places.  We are proud of the hard work she puts into her education!

One morning I woke up in a panic.  I had forgotten how I usually spell airplane vs aeroplane!  I joked to Jake that Scarlett is probably already a better speller than me.  Well later that week one of the twirls asked how to spell orange.  I said "o-a-r-n-g-e."  Scarlett was like "no, mom, that's not right."  Uh oh!  And so it begins!!!  (in my defense, I usually spell orange correctly!) 

We went to the Multicultural Night at the school.  My girls got to learn about all different countries that the students are from.  We even played a game of Dreidel.  There was a lady who was writing names in Arabic for people.  When I was in YWs (like 15+ years ago) there was a girl there who spoke Arabic and taught me how to write my name.  I showed the lady at the school what I remembered.  She said "is your name Jennifer?"  Yes!!!  "Well you are very close!"  She fixed it and now you can see how to probably spell my name.  

Pajama Day, Scarlett wanted to wear jammies that she got from when Berlyn and Braxtyn were little.  

Then you might notice that it says I'm the PTO President for next year.  No, that's not a typo.  I really did get coerced into taking this job.  The principal asked me to consider the position.  They wanted someone to come in and help change the culture and mindset from the previous presidency.  I really wasn't sure but I thought about it for several days.  Finally my dad told me "Jen, they need you.  This is totally up your alley.  So now the question is how are you going to make it work."  Jake and I discussed what I would be willing to do and the principal agreed to my terms (mostly that I would cancel events if no other parents are willing to help).  So here we are.  There will be more blog posts about the PTO in the near future.  It's already starting to take over my life!

For career day Scarlett wanted to dress up in her apiring vocation: Roller Skate Teacher.  And for Nerd Day Scarlett wore an old shirt of mine that says: (front) How many men does it take to build a rocket? (back) NONE!  Society of Women Engineers

Star Wars Day - May the Fourth Be With You.  All the girls wanted to join in on the Rey hairstyle fun.

Berlyn stayed home with the younger girls so I could go on a field trip to the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum with Scarlett's class.  They had us chaperone small groups so the kids could move around the museum.  I had 3 girls.  We decided our team name was "Unicorn Butterflies."  haha!  I was talking to one of the girls and Scarlett told me "You have to be an Indian to say Roopkatha's name right."  Apparently I wasn't getting the accent in the right places for her.

1st Grade Musical.  We got to watch the first grade musical.  It was a sea creature themed script.  Scarlett had several speaking parts and she also got to stay by the microphone and help other students with their lines.  The only bummer was that the room was packed, sweaty, and loud.  So we didn't get to hear or see very well.  I'm glad Jake recorded most of the event so we could enjoy it afterwards.  The program is broken into 3 videos.  If you only want to watch her speaking part then watch the last video (you'll also see Skye dancing along with the song towards the end).

Singing part 1...

Singing part 2...

Singing part 3 (Scarlett's speaking role and little girls dancing at the end)

And finally Jaide and Siena went to Kindergarten Round Up.  It was Pete the Cat themed and they had a great time!  They have come so far in the past year.  I think they are really going to do well at school!