Quinn finished up his first year of middle school with a
flourish. He earned all A honor roll for the 4th straight quarter,
with all As for his final grades. He also earned a Special Achievement Award
for his performance in Band playing saxophone. He is looking forward to making
the switch to tenor saxophone and got to try it out at school towards the end of
the year. Lastly, he earned an award for excellence in Math. He was one of only
a handful of students to get this award in sixth grade and it is a nice
accomplishment. He was accepted into Algebra 1 Honors for 7th grade so he will be taking high school level math and earn high school credit upon completion.
Keely got all 3s and 4s on her final report card and ended
the year on a very positive note. She really liked her teacher this year and is
hoping to get a male teacher for her last year of middle school. Boy, have we
come a long way since she was devastated to see a Mr. on her teacher assignment
letter. It just seems she does better with male teachers, so she has been lucky
to have one for the last two years. There is also a male teacher in 5th
grade so she is keeping her fingers crossed. Regardless, she will most likely
be going to his class for math as he is the advanced math teacher and her teacher
has recommended she be moved into that class next year based on her stellar
math work this year. Math doesn’t seem to come as naturally for her, so this is
a nice accomplishment. Keely finished the year with viola, and although she
liked it she decided not to continue in 5th grade. She is torn
between joining band or chorus. I think chorus would be perfect for her, but it
is her decision so we will see what she chooses come the beginning of the
school year.
The end of school also meant the end of sports. Soccer for
me and Keely ended, and Quinn finished his second season of basketball. We were
glad for the break. Keely’s team came in first place in their division and
continues to improve. Their team also played in an all-star tournament and
although they lost all three games, they played well and it seemed to be good
experience for them. Keely was scouted by a travel team coach with some nice
compliments on her play, but we will stick with her recreation team for the
time being. Quinn liked playing basketball but he seemed happy for the break
and I think he will wait until ABGC starts up again to play (winter). 