First Day of School

We're on to 5th Grade and 8th Grade! Where has the time gone???  And weirdly, it was raining as we left for first day drop off.

Here, Heather shows how she feels about school...but really, she did look forward to seeing her friends, being in Yearbook class, and to the great teachers she would have for the year.  Mr. White worked diligently last year to make Heather's first year at Fulton a great one, and he made sure this year was set before he left to take a Principal position at a Westminster school.  I will miss working with him; he really understood what we wanted for Heather, no long explanations needed.   Heather is really doing well in spite of the challenges she deals with.  We are really, really proud of the young woman she is becoming.

Jenna started her first day at Gisler Elementary.  She knew three people, one well enough to try and look forward to her day.  After finding out that there was not any possible room for the only 5th grader on the waiting list at Courreges, Jenna decided to give Gisler a try.  We weren't too sad about being turned away at Courreges mostly because of the bursting-at-the-seams phenomenon going on over there.  We are happy that Jenna will be at a smaller school, and she has an amazing teacher who has already wowed the Peterson family, and we've only been in school three days!  She will give Gisler a go for a solid month before we discuss doing anything else.  There was anxiety this week along with tears on the first day, but we're hoping as each day goes by, the anxiety will lessen.  Let me just say that I don't want to see any quotes in the press from our District Office talking about the seamless transition after the school closure.  These kids have suffered, and although they are resilient, lets not forget that change is hard at any age.  

Friends Ellie, Grace, Rachel, Jenna and Camilla (surprise from church!)