I can't believe Addison is moving into 7th grade next year. By the picture alone you are able to tell how much this sweet, compassionate, thoughtful and servant-minded daughter of ours has grown. She often will rummage through my closet and we almost wear the same size shoe (she grew two shoe sizes this past year). She essentially taught herself this past year with determination to conquer the hard stuff. (Math is neither of our favorites.) This was Addison's last year of homeschooling through Mp3 and we are both sad and excited for the next adventure. Teacher Jeff has been our Student Learning Plan Coordinator since Kindergarten. Our weekly contact started with phone calls of him talking and Addi listening, slowly graduating to her giving a non-verbal yes or no and then taking on full conversations in person and over the phone. Addi overcame many fears this year giving a stellar TED talk about fostering and adopting in front of her class and creating some fantastic friendships.
She will be joining her little brother at Ebenezer next fall.
There are not enough words of gratitude for what this past year has been for our son. Chuckles thrived in his new school environment. Last summer we had Charlie get some tutoring with my fear of him not testing into third grade levels. He finished this year with amazing grades, being a math teacher to his peers and is ready to conquer 4th grade with confidence. We are so proud of Charlie for the hard work, diligence and ability to adapt to new surroundings. When I asked him yesterday what his biggest accomplishments were for the past year it was the friendships he built and the hard work he did in school.
Looking back, we clearly see why homeschooling was the right fit for us in the seasons we kept the kids home. The ability to send Charlie to almost every treatment with his Auntie was a gift of precious time and memories that we would otherwise not have had given we put the kids in traditional schools. The support our family, primarily Charlie, received from his classmates was out of this world awesome. One of his favorite memories was having Auntie Traci come for lunch and reading all the notes of encouragement from his friends. I can't say enough good things about our choice in sending Charlie to Ebenezer. Huge blessing to our son and family!
Miss hot, sassy pants comes with endless attitude and energy. I never know if it will be a thumbs up or thumbs down kind of day when the bus drops her off, but regardless of the attitude, I want to tell you how much this girl has worked at making better choices over the past year. Myriam makes friends easily and did just that this past year. She had her eyes sold out for one of the little boys with whom both got in trouble often because of their chit chat during school. I would often times hear about her friend doing something mean to her and they would break up or decide not to get married because one of them did something wrong. Myriam is quite smart and has surprised us with how much she really can obtain if given the attention to focus, not to mention how improved her handwriting has become over the past year.
Teacher Ashley is a saint, as are all the others in her classroom, guiding our little one around and assisting in her choices.
Next year Myriam will be going to Fisher for Kindergarten. She thinks the new school is being built just for her. I'm nervous, excited and so blessed knowing that already her learning plan is being reviewed. I have such respect for our teachers and can't thank them enough for helping shape our Myriam into what God designed her to be.
So with that, school is done.
Summer has begun.
Mommy and Daddy are so proud of all the hard work and learning you kiddos did this past year!
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