Last Day of School 2018-2019

Another great school year has come to an end for Skylar and Madden.  Madden had a great 1st grade year.  He was a fantastic student when it came to both academics and behavior.  His main struggle that Mrs. Burns told us was that he just needed to slow everything down.  He always wanted to be the first one done with his school work and would make really silly mistakes that if he just slowed it all down those mistakes wouldn't happen.  Luckily by the second half of the school year he seems to get and it didn't seem to be much of a problem.  He loved going to school everyday.  When I would drop him off he was always running into the school.  He played football and soccer just about every day at recess.  Always bringing his football to play with all his friends.  He was definitely Mr. Popular in his class room.  Early on in the school year he was given the nickname Mayor Madden by all his classmates and Mrs. Burns presented him with Future President award at the end of the school year.  

I feel so blessed that I never have to worry about Skylar when it comes to being a great student.  She is always at the top of her class when it comes to all subjects and her behavior is always top notch.  3rd Grade definitely test their ability and she passed with flying colors.  They even started state testing this year and she scored well above the standard. She may not be running into school each day like Madden, but she never complains about having to go.  I know she enjoys learning and being apart of the classroom.  She really bonded this year with a group of girls who she spent most of her time with.  We were proud of her for branching out and trying new things like science fair.  I can't believe she only has two more years of elementary school and then she is off to middle.  Going to try and cherish these few years we have left.

Skylar and her classmates.

Madden with his 1st grade buddies.

These girls were thick as thieves this school year.  

Ended the school year with a massive pool party at the Bressi pool.

What a difference a school year makes.

Monthly Awards

Skylar and Madden were ending the school year on a big high.  They both received awards for the last month of the school year.  Skylar's award was even more special because the award winners in her class were voted on by her classmates.  The classmates voted Skylar as the AVID award winner for the month of May.  That made Skylar a 3 time award winner for her 3rd grade year.  

Madden received his second award of the year by earning the Reading Counts award.  I was really happy to see him win this one because he definitely has step up his reading the last few months of school.

Madden and his buddy William.

Proud of my top reader!

Open House 2019

We had a great evening at the kids open house.  This year I have hardly been in Skylar's classroom so it was so nice being able to visit and see everything she has been working on.  They have been working on weather and Skylar had to do a whole report on Hurricanes.

Skylar's Dream House lay out.  My favorite is the zip line, because Skylar is scared of zip lines.

Super Skylar!

I loved Skylar's "I AM" poem.  

Best friends since Kindergarten.

Madden's room was really fun to walk through.  I volunteer a couple times a month so it was nice to see all the things that I cut and paste come together.

Madden's Timeline.

Madden's first day of school self portrait.  My favorite thing about this was for the question, "Something special about me....I got a concussion one time."  That made me giggle.

They learned a lot about "light."

Not too sure what is going on with the teeth here.

Melted my heart.

George Washington write up.

This was Madden's self portrait that was up in the art show.  I told Jake that Madden was looking rather tan in this one...haha.

School Monthly Awards

Double Award day for our two outstanding students.  Skylar got the AVID Award which is pretty much best all around.  She is well behaved, motivated, organized, and of course, really smart.  Madden came home with the Academics Award.  We couldn't be more proud of them!

Jog a Thon 2018

Who ever said it never rains in San Diego?!? Well, lucky for us the biggest storm of the season decided to hit on the day of the kids Jog a thon.  I thought for sure it was going to be moved to another day, but the principal wanted to move forward with the event.  I think she was hoping if we shortened the running time, we would be able to get both running races done before the rain hit.  

Skylars class was Team BLUE.  She was determined to beat her lap count from last year.

When the moms who put on the Jog a Thon said they were looking for a couple MCee's for the event.  There was no questions, I was signing up Jake and Tyson for the job, and boy did they nail it.  They were on the mic during the first wave hyping the kids up, making jokes, running laps, high fiving kids, giving the sponsors shout outs, just really making the event extra exciting.  I can't tell you how many people came up to me and praised Jake's performance.

Skylar rocked it by running 22 laps in the 30 minutes they gave the kids.

Next it was the lower grades turn.  I went into Madden's class to help get the kids ready to run, but they looked to have they under control.  

Right as we were lining the kids up to take the to the track the rain started pouring down and the winds started kicking up.  The principal had all the kids go into the MPR in hopes it would stop and told Jake and Tyson to entertain the crowd.  Sadly the rain wasn't stopping and the kiddos weren't able to run, but they got a lot of laughs from the two coaches on stages and enjoyed smoothies.  Lucky for Madden they are rescheduled to run next Friday morning.

Jog a thon video below