This September marked the beginning of an exciting chapter for Ava: the start of elementary school. Ava attends our neighborhood school, Abernethy Elementary, which is, oddly, a mile and a half away and by all accounts not at all in our neighborhood. In fact, Abernethy is the sixth closest public elementary school to our house. Don't question us on this--we just did extensive Google research on this topic to ensure we weren't misleading you, fine readers.
Ava, along with 18 other students, is in Ms. Debi's class. As you would expect, they are currently working on their reading and writing skills. Ava has taken to creating 8-page books as a way to practice, with such interesting titles as "My Skool Feoold Trip," "The Skool Bus," and "The Prinses Book." Should you have a book idea, let us know. She would be more than happy to write one for you.
In addition to the usual kindergarten classes, Ava also has a weekly Garden class in which she learns about plants by growing food to be served in the cafeteria. She attends PE twice a week, library once a week, music twice a week, Spanish once a week, has time with her third-grade buddy once a week, and she has three recesses a day. To protect these electives, we have already had three fundraisers so far this year.
Ava is still trying to work her way up to riding the bus to school, so she currently serves as "power boost" on the tag-along bike in the morning and comes home by way of car.
With the exception of her after-care program, which she "hates," she has made the transition exceptionally well.
