Quote From: profmaryannWe have survived the first week of middle school! YAY!! She "only" forgot 2 items that needed to be turned back in, but I don't think one day late will threaten her academic career. She had HW over the weekend, & I told her flat-out to get used to it and how she'll need to pace herself, especially if it's a writing assignment that should go through at least a draft or 2.
She's actually in a couple of "advanced" classes (reading & language arts, a bit of a surprise) and seems to be holding her own so far.
You all don't go back until next week, correct?
Our boys go back to school on Sept 4th. We are looking forward to our 14 year old actually getting his work done this year. The doctor thinks that he may have bipolar disorder, based on behavior problems...still having official diagnosis of ADHD, since the two disorders have such similar symptoms. He just started on Lamictal...we hope that this is a successful med for him. I take it for my bipolar disorder, and it works very well. I will be keeping in close email contact with his teachers, to keep myself informed of what assignments there are, and whether he is doing his work.
Our 9 year old starts at the intermediate school in 4th grade. We will find out tomorrow who his teacher is.
Wow, advanced classes, that's great!!
Becky
