My Turn to Brag

My friend Julie bragged about her smart little boys so I figured I might as well do the same thing! We got our first report cards today. FYI for everyone not in Texas: we have six 6-week grading periods here.

Chase:

• English -- 95
• Reading -- 100
• Spelling -- 100
• Math -- 95
• Science -- 98
• Social Studies -- 97
• Conduct -- E
• P.E. -- E
• Art -- E
• Music -- E
• Technology -- E

Kenny:

• English -- 97
• Reading -- 96
• Spelling -- 100
• Math -- 95
• Science -- E
• Social Studies -- E
• Conduct -- E
• P.E. -- E
• Art -- E
• Music -- E
• Technology -- S

Kenny's teacher has recommended having him tested for the gifted program. Chase was already "labeled" as gifted in North Carolina so he doesn't have to test again here. We are going to go ahead with Kenny's testing, but even if he is labeled as gifted we are not going to enroll him in the gifted program. All of the gifted kids in town go to one school and are in one class. That would be ok with me except for the fact that each grade level is in a different school. So not only would my kids be going to different schools, they would also change schools every school year. This is already Chase's 3rd school and Kenny's 2nd so we are not going to put them through the stress of changing again when it is unneccessary. Kenny's teacher knows that is our plan but we are still going to test him. I wouldn't mind the label. And she is willing to give him enrichment activities during class. She's been great about working with us on this.

Ok, I think that's enough bragging for one day!