Category: 2023-2024 School Year
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20240203 Second Half
The end of the second quarter of school coincided with my birthday. The teachers had a day off on Friday to finish working out grades for report cards, and my wife had the day off from work. So, starting Thursday night, we ate and drank and were merry for the extended weekend. The weather has…
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20240110 Activities
The girls’ last day of school prior to the Winter Break was Friday, December 15th. The first week they were off, it was just me and the girls. The second week, my wife was off work and home with us. At the end of the week, my mother died. The girls went back to school…
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20231214 Stop
We still have about a month before the end of the second quarter, but we’ll be off of school for two weeks after this Friday for Winter Break, returning to school in January. So, it feels like we’re at a half-way point of the school year. Last Friday, the teachers had a Professional Development Day,…
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20231128 Alebrije
At the Meet the Teacher night at the start of the school year, Audio’s teacher said that she hoped that parents would visit the classroom. She said that parents could just hang out in the room or read to the kids if they liked. Then she excitedly said that one mother is a musician and…
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20231102 Vomit
Audio had a stuffy nose through the school week and over the weekend. Sinus drainage caused her to vomit in the morning, as soon as she woke up on both Saturday and Sunday. But, for some reason, we were surprised when she woke up on Monday morning and promptly puked. After throwing up, Audio felt…
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20231024 Graphic
We had parent teacher conferences at the start of the week and then the girls had Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday off. Conferences are always odd, and a bit awkward. Teachers who have been in character all day have to stay in character slightly longer than normal. But, few have stamina to pull it off. My…
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20231011 Interested
Over the past couple years, Dee Dee participated in afterschool activities that were offered by the school district’s Community Education program. Two years ago, she was in Readers’ Theater, last year she did Musical Theater for half the year and Future Scientists for the second half of the year. She enjoyed the Readers’ Theater course,…
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20230929 All I Got Was This
The girls’ school photos were this week. For the past couple years, decisions on clothing were left until the night before the photos were taken. This year, decisions were made two nights before the photos were taken. The photos being taken on a Tuesday may have had something to do with that, or my wife…
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20230924 Rude Teens
We’ve started to settle into our new routines for the school year. And by new, I mean “old, but better.” We try to get started early. My wife wakes up for work at 6:00AM and then I get up a little before 7:00PM while my wife gets the girls out of bed. I try to…
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20230915 Join In The Chant
When we gave Dee Dee the postcard that told her which teacher she would have for third grade, she had a hard time reading the handwriting and it made her a little agitated. So, I told her which teacher the postcard was from. She didn’t look happy or sad, but she looked calmer that the…
Grade School in the Time of COVID19 