3rd Quarter 10th and 12th Grades

The third quarter was a bit rough, as it usually is. Fritz was sick most of the last week of school, including the last two days, and a couple of his teachers weren’t willing to work with him to get his grade up where it was before the missed assignments which is a bit frustrating. Adrian is so beyond lost in world history that we just accept he’ll retake the second semester in summer school to make that up. It’s an AP class (as required by DATA) and he’s just not up to that level of work.

Fritz – 12th Grade
OnRamps Economics – A (93%)
AP English IV – A (93%)
Game Programming and Design – A (98%)
AP Environmental Science – B (80%)
Computer Science II – A (91%)
Pre-Calculus – A (99%)
Animation II – D (61%)
GPA: 4.28

Adrian – 10th Grade
AP World History – F (46%)
Biology – C (77%)
English II – C (70%)
iCSI – F (54%)
Computer Science II – D (64%)
Algebra II – B (82%)
GPA: 1.44

Meltdown

Most of the time Nicholas gets on and off his bus just fine. Other times it takes them 15 minutes to get him in his seat and he collapses to the ground as soon as he gets off. As his bus aide said, “Ah, there’s the diagnosis.” The reason for this one? His sped aide at school let him have some extra recess time at the end of the day because he’d had such a good day and it was really nice out. Nicholas was not ready to stop when the school day ended and it was time to go home.

Dance Competition #1: Starbound

Last month Mayci competed in two dance competitions. The first was Starbound. All five of her dances were over the course of one very long day.

First up was her solo, dancing to Love Story by Taylor Swift. Two of her teammates had solos as well. These girls’ relationships are adorable.

My pictures of her dancing turned out pretty terrible due to the distance I was from the stage. She won high gold for her solo.

Next up was her duet, You Better Work by RuPaul. This was an acro number with lots of cartwheels and stuff.

The girls won high gold, 5th overall for their age and category, and a special judges award of “Too Cute.” This was Mayci’s first time going to the mic to say her name and studio and she did so great.

Mayci’s last dance of the morning was Circus by Britney Spears. This was a sassy jazzy acro number with one Munchkin teammate and a member of the junior/senior teams. They earned a high gold.

In the afternoon the Munchkin Team competed. They had two numbers. The first was Rock Around the Clock.

The second Munckin Team dance was Dancing Queen. The girls earned high gold for both of their numbers.

Mayci ended up going home with five high gold medals and one judges award medal. She also got six pins that she put on her company team jacket. It was an exhausting day, but fun and Mayci was so proud of how well she performed.

This Week’s Lunches and Snacks

This was another regular five day school week. Three more weeks of school (less than two for Fritz since he’s a senior)!

Monday’s snack picture is really blurry for some reason. Fritz wanted to draw on Zeke’s bread which made Zeke feel very special.

Adrian needed to take a lunch on Tuesday since nothing in the cafeteria is safe that day and Mayci wanted to take one because she didn’t like the lunch options that day.

On Wednesday Anthony brought his lunch to school. He never eats his lunch at school when he takes it, but he does usually eat it when he gets home.

Adrian was the only one to take a lunch on Thursday. His school quit doing tamales on Thursdays this month so he’s back to taking lunch twice a week.

Friday the kids just needed snacks. Two of the kids had snacks in their backpacks that they didn’t eat on a previous day this week so only three were needed for the little kids who eat snacks at school.

Joel Lost His First Tooth!

Joel lost his first tooth last week. He was not impressed and is pretty sure he wants to keep the rest of his teeth in his mouth where they belong. He did like the dollar he got from the Tooth Fairy, though.

May BOTM

I chose The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley for my May Book of the Month. I really don’t like the cover and considering I really do judge books by their cover, I’m hoping what’s inside is way better than what’s outside of this one.

A Daughter-in-Law

Cameron and Sierra got married last week!

They are so incredibly adorable (and happy)!

Cute or Terrifying?

Chef Lesson

Every month all year the pre-k kids have been having a chef lesson. They have learned to follow a recipe and tried foods they might not otherwise eat. It’s always more fun to eat something you made yourself after all.

A few weeks ago my mom and I were able to join Joel at one of his chef lessons. We made honey yogurt dip and fruit skewers with grapes, raspberries, pineapple, and blueberries. Joel loved the yogurt and the raspberries, but ate a lot of blueberries (something he has refused to eat in the past), too. It was so fun!

Senior Shirt!