Parent-Teacher Conference

We had our second parent-teacher conference with Logan's teacher last week. We got an excellent report from her and she says Logan is just a really great kid, a pleasure to have in class. He is excelling at math and starting to read which she was very impressed with. He has improved vastly with his cutting and she said he has really good hand writing for his age and gender. His report from his gym teacher shows he can do everything he should be doing for his age, which was no surprise given his gymnastics.

She asked where he was going to Kindergarten next year, she likes to make a list so the kids can see what other kids will be going to the same school. We have decided to try and get Logan into the year round school option our district has. It's over all the best school in the district, has smaller class sizes, better funding and there have been many studies that show students do better with the year-round schedule and retaining knowledge. We talked to parents and former students of the school as well and that is what really sold it for us. This school is not a charter school or anything like that, it's a public school of choice. It is also different in that it is K-8 where all the other elementary schools in the district are K-5. However, we don't plan on still living in the area by the time he would reach that grade level. He would go to school 9-10 weeks and then have 3 weeks off.

Unfortunately, we don't know yet if he will get accepted. Last year was the first year they had to do a lottery to get into the school. They only take 50 kids each year. When we were there registering him they already had 40 and that included 9 siblings who automatically get in, so we are expecting another lottery this year. So we will hear hopefully by the second week in March. If he doesn't get in he will go to the same school Brandi went for K and 1st, also a good school, but we have our fingers crossed that our first choice pans out!