School Is Almost Out for Summer
Lucas has two more days of school and then … twelve weeks of summer vacation. I have mixed feelings.
We went to the final parent evening Tuesday night to say “thank you” to the teachers, present them with gifts, and listen to their take on the last few weeks. The older children have been sewing their own puppets. The teacher has to make up a story that includes every child’s puppet in the drama. (Today the puppet show was practiced, tomorrow it will be told to the class’s younger children and their Little Ones.) It’s exciting to see how far they’ve all come during the year. The teachers gave each family a small book of about 6-8 photos of their child taken during the year.
Yesterday morning we were in the classroom briefly for the final Parent Tea. We were presented with a giant portfolio of Lucas’s artwork. It contains many crayon drawings and many wet-on-wet watercolor paintings. One drawing stuck out: An orange and green airplane flies through a black swirling sky. At the bottom of the picture, the teacher had written “After talking about mommy being in the hospital, ‘a brave little airplane flying through a tornado.'” It is dated 2/5/07.
I am so proud of Lucas. He has done beautifully in the Red Rose Kindergarten. I am very happy knowing that he will be held, loved and safe, in the Red Rose again next year. He has blossomed in so many ways. He has made many friends and become beloved of both girls and boys. He’s learned to be tough in the elements and to trust his teachers to take him into magical lands. He has become enraptured by the stories and myths. I’m so, so glad we’ve been able to send him to this school.
June 7, 2007 at 1:04 pm
I don’t think anything I could say would mean more than WOW. tears. I’m glad he is at the Red Rose, too!