Plotting His Next Flight

   

Run!

      

Into the Wild Blue Yonder

 

 

Pontotoc County Emi

   

Una tarta para el cumple de la abuela

Kindergartener in the House

This morning at around 7:50 a.m., for the first time, I dropped Emilio off at the curb of his school. That's the way they do it in Kindergarten. Because the designated school greeter wasn't sure how to close our van door, I got to get out and give him one more hug before he started on his great kindergarten adventure.

When I went back for pick up at around 3:40 p.m., Mrs. Harrison gave me a thumbs up report on Emilio's day and told me they'll send us a bill for the lunch milk he drinks (we weren't sure how they do that). Emilio will continue to take his own lunch to school.

The kindergartener himself also declared it a good day. He reported being a little concerned that he might get lost when he got there and they sent him alone down the long hallway to Mrs. Harrison's class (which we had visited the day before), but he got there OK. They played freeze tag at recess in the gym (it's too hot to enjoy the outside playground equipment).

Friday's adventure: riding the bus after school.

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Goodbye, Monte Vista; Hello, Glenwood!

Wednesday was Emilio's last day at Monte Vista day care (point "A" on the map below; click here to see a photo I took of Emilio on his first day: July 27, 2009). I picked him up, mid-nap-time, at 1:30 p.m., and we headed to Glenwood Early Childhood Center (point "B") in the Ada school district, where he will attend kindergarten, after having been in the Byng school district (just across the street from Monte Vista) last year.

The Glenwood Early Childhood Center, which has kindergarteners and pre-schoolers, is a brand new facility (it was barely finished in time for the start of the school year).

We were happy to get Emilio into the class of a teacher, Mrs. Harrison (see photo at right), who comes to us highly recommended by the family of my colleague, Josh Grasso, whose son had her just this past year. Mrs. Harrison has a background in drama and puts a lot of emphasis on art. When Emilio and I met her, she said she makes a point of praising students for the positive things they do, as opposed to reprimanding them for the negatives.
Another great advantage of the new school is that it is very close (less than 2 miles) to Mari's school (point "C" on the map below), so Emi can take the bus over there and hang out with his mom after school (which is also a money saver for us:  $140 a month).





Click here to relive last year's version of this day.