Report Cards and Conferences

You know things are going well when not one but two teachers tell you they would like to clone your daughter to create their class!

Molly has her teachers completely snowed into thinking she's an angel. Actually the teacher is completely on to her but loves her nonetheless. Miss Molly is doing well and there are no behavior issues or anything. Talk about a boring conference! :) We mostly laughed about what a mother hen she is. Molly can be a ring-leader one minute and a total follower the next. The teacher joked that if she ever wants to turn the class over, she could just let Molly teach. I think part of it is two of the boys have been with Molly for 3 years now and she's practically a wife to them. If they get in trouble, Molly will make eye contact with the teacher and roll her eyes as if to say "Can you believe they don't know better?" We've been assured she's no trouble at all though.

We met with Brenna's teacher later in the day and she pretty much shrugged as well. Brenna's report card grades were excellent, her conduct and effort scores were top-notch and her teacher couldn't think of anything we could suggest working on. She said she initially worried because Brenna started off very quiet and timid but quickly got her groove and now particpates well and isn't hesitant . This is when I'm so glad Brenna stays with the same group of kids each year. It's one more thing that is comfortable so, while she may start out shy with a new teacher, it quickly passes and she's ready to roll. Her teacher this year is a very young, fun-loving girl (I can call her that because I'm more than a dozen years older than she is!) and the kids just adore her. She's a great role-model for them and they relate well to her but still very much respect her position. It is Catholic school after all!

So overall just good reports all around for 1st quarter. Let's hope it continues!!