School Update

Jacob and Rachel are doing so good in school. We have been in school now 2 months and it has been awesome to see what they have been learning and doing.

Rachel has stopped complaining about math and finally gotten into the groove of everything. She never has homework because everyday they get to have study hall at the end of the day and she does her homework then. The 6th graders at school get to participate in the newberry challenge. They are challenged to read 20 newberry books by the end of the year and pass tests on them and then they receive an award at the end of the year assembly. Rachel has read 17 of the 20 books so far. She reads about 2-4 books a week. She is always reading. I am so impressed with her. We sometimes have to ground her from reading at night and man she gets mad. She would stay up till midnight each night reading if we let her. She is doing fantastic in all of her subjects and really enjoying school. She is involved in student government, drama and robotics. She is taking robotics from a man in our ward who used to teach robotics at the high school and made it to state with his team. They asked Rachel to participate in it. She does that twice a week and then on top of all that she still does piano. She is busy but really enjoying school and everything else this year.

Jacob is absolutely loving his school. They have learned things that I didn't know 2nd graders learned yet. They have learned about habitats, soil, rocks, plants. He has also learned and done a test on all the continents and oceans and he got 100% on that test. His spelling words are words like ocean, desert, Atlantic. He is learning so much. He also loves the nonfiction reading. He came home the other day with a cookbook from his library and was so excited to cook from it. He is learning so much about the world around him and doing great with learning it. His teacher says that he is so happy and loves everyday at school but that he is so smart and is doing fantastic. I know that I love to brag about my kids but last week I received a letter from the school indicating that he had been invited to be in a program called the Discovery program designed for kids who are advanced readers for their grade and age. He will spend 45 minutes a week in this program learning things and doing things to help challenge him. I was so excited. We have needed this for Jacob for years now and he is finally getting the help he needs in school. Jacob comes home from school so happy and goes to school happy. It is so nice. I am so happy to see him finally love school and love learning.

I am proud of both my kids. They are both so smart and work hard at what they do. I couldn't be a happier and prouder mom of her kids.