On August 26th, Charlie and Matthew started 4th and 2nd grade. After a great summer, we were all excited to see this day arrive. Matthew has Mrs. Owan this year and so far, so good. We were surprised he didn’t get the teacher Charlie had for second grade but she seems like a good fit for him (calm and structured). He is adjusting to the school life again and the homework battles have been minimal.
Charlie’s is attending a new school for 4th grade. He is going to the Highly Gifted Center at Clearspring Elementary in Damascus, Maryland. This was a BIG decision for our family because while there are obvious benefits to the program, it also includes an hour long bus ride each way for Charlie. In the end we decided Charlie could make the choice (we felt both options were fine) and he decided to try it out. His teacher is Mrs. Marama and she has A LOT of energy. He’s been going for about a month now and while the bus ride is really long (he reads a lot), he is being challenged in new ways and has already gone on a field trip to a museum in Baltimore where he saw “a lot of naked statues.” I’ll call it a win!
Matthew wasn’t looking forward to riding the school bus without Charlie but that problem has now been solved. Charlie has a friend down the street who is also attending the same school as he. The boys have to catch a bus about 4 minutes from our house every morning (a different bus than what the traditional students take). I wasn’t looking forward to getting everyone in the car for this drop off every morning so I was happy to make a trade with our neighbor’s parents. Their younger son stays and plays at our house until he and Matthew walk to the bus together and they take Charlie to his bus every morning with their older son. Win, win!!
Cute boys.
This little girl wishes she was starting Kindergarten but is starting preschool in October. Until then she is keeping things interesting at home.
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