The first day was actually Aug 13 but I for got the camera. LOL -- Anyway, they were outside ready to head off. We moved Hannah from Hancock this year after JoAnna learned a little to much about the inner workings while teaching there. They just weren't maintaining the Hancock tradition of Mind your Manners and Education First. One of the things that drew us to the school was they had a proven program and while the Bells were in charge it was the Hancock way. While this may seem odd in today's world of everyone wanting a say, they had proven themselves and they did not compromise when it came to excellence. After they left, The school has lost that drive and has fallen victim to its own success. Grades were expanded leaving curriculum issues to fall by the wayside leaving children with gaps in there education. The other kicker was after registering for the next year and given the total for the year, during the summer they hit us with a myriad of new "Fees" that pushed the cost well over other area schools. When questioned, they never responded.
Enough of my soapbox, Hannah is at the same school Patrick and is thriving. She is doing some volleyball and has made lots of friends. She is having a blast and loves her teacher Ms. Ivey.
Patrick is enjoying his classes and is really not impressed with snap grades which gives us a daily progress report for all his classes. While we really only look at them once a week, when he does well, he loves coming home and showing the grades off to us.
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I am, a bit belatedly, checking out your famly blog. I think I'll just say congrats to everyone! I'm so happy Hannah is thriving, but there was no doubt in her old teacher's mind...We had a challenging start to our year, but things are looking up now. I'm glad I was at home to take care of everything,but I do want to teach next year, and hopefully sub in Jan. until end of year. Best wishes to all Andersons for a great fall season! --Diane Hulme
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