School Starts

School started back in August. Gemma started kindergarten, Tanner in 2nd, and Ashton in 4th. Gemma was excited about starting school. With dual language, there are only two teachers per grade (out of about 6-7 classrooms). I was hopeful Gemma would get Tanner's teacher but we got the other teacher instead. It has been a good fit for Gemma but I still miss Tanner's teacher. 

We've already had one parent-teacher conference with Gemma's teacher where she told me Gemma is behind academically. Her reasoning- Gemma isn't reading in Spanish yet. Suffice it to say, I am not that worried that Gemma is not reading in a second language that she just started learning 10 weeks ago. Hopefully the teacher calms down a little bit after I communicated that I wasn't worried at all. I get it- the school has to assess the child in the Spanish language, regardless of their native language. So technically, she is behind the standards. But the teacher did assess her in English (it's required if the student "fails" in Spanish) and she passed just fine.

Tanner has Ashton's teachers from 2nd grade and we love them! And Ashton has all new teachers for 4th grade. Thankfully, one of them is a mom of a student who has been in Ashton's class since kinder so we know the family.

For clubs- Tanner is in running club again. Gemma will do a STEM club next spring. Then, Ashton got into the school choir and made the robotics team. Only 8 kids in 4th and 5th grade get offered a spot on the team so we were surprised she was picked. It's been a little intense with building the robot in time for competitions, but she is enjoying it.

Lydia started preschool at the local high school that Gemma did last year. The school allows 3 and 4 year olds as long as they are potty trained. So Lydia got to go this year too! It didn't start until early October so we had a little bit of time of just the two of us in August and September. She loves preschool and has done well there.