School

Johnathan - 7th grade - Johnathan started school on Aug. 20th - one day earlier than everybody else.  The previous week he attended a couple of Leadership Team activities so he knew some of the people that he would be going to school with.  He was VERY nervous!  Change is a hard thing for Johnathan.  He wanted to make sure he had everything he needed for the first day including knowing his schedule really well.  He was also nervous that he would get lost or have problems opening up his locker.  I was thinking that school went until 2:45, but since it was a Monday it went until 1:45.  I felt awful as I got that dreaded phone call at 1:55 from Johnathan asking where I was.  Jennifer Atwood ended up bringing him home and I was so glad that she was on the ball since I apparently wasn't.  He did survive the day and had some great things to share.  He is in quite a few classes with Matthew Lemon.  He has lunch every other day with Tanner.  As the days went on he got more and more used to things and really has done well with 8 teachers.  He is definitely on top of doing his homework and assignments which is a very nice thing to have a child want to stay on top of.  He is taking an intro to Language class that has German, Spanish, French and Chinese.  He seems to like Chinese and French the best.  He is also in beginning band playing the alto sax and loves it.  We bought him a sax before school started and he has loved learning how to play it.  His favorite friend is Tyler Atwood and since school has started has become better friends with Matthew Lemon, Jayden Cowan, the Hinckley boys and many more.  It is so nice that he has broadened out and made new friends.

Carter and  Parker - 4th grade - They are in Mrs. Knutti's class this year.  Both of them and I were so excited to find out whose class they will be in.  Johnathan had her and she is such an amazing teacher.  It was funny talking to Mrs. Knutti while Mrs. Rivera was right there.  I heard Mrs. Rivera say that she wanted to have them in her class and was hoping to get them, but apparently Mrs. Knutti won.  They are in their class with quite a few kids from our neighborhood - Sam Linton, Will Hurst, Braden Drake, Brooklyne Custer, Jacob Hurtado, McKay Jessop, Lance Roberts, and George Sabin, good friend from previous years.  I am teaming as a room mom for the first time and am so excited to be able to help in the classroom more.  Mrs. Knutti said they are great students and she is surprised how they don't usually help each other with classwork, instead they seem to have to fend for themselves.  They seem to do great in the same class and thrive off of this.  I am so glad they love being together and do well in the same setting.  I love going into the classroom and seeing them both in that environment.

Tanner - 8th grade - He was really excited to start his 8th grade year and I think happy to have Johnathan in the same school.  Tanner is taking an art class this year and really doing well.   He has taken to art and absolutely loves his class.  He usually comes home with black on his face from the pastels or paint on his clothes.  He is also taking band playing the trumpet again this year and loving it - other than having a new teacher that has taken some getting used to.  He has no problem making friends and constantly has many surrounding him.  He has grew closer to Michael and Austin Hinckley this year doing more with them including being in a carpool with them.  He is also friends with Parker Butler, Thomas Heaps, Ben Driggs, Hunter Winward, and Dawson Day.  He is taking some hard classes this year which he is having to work really hard in to keep up his grades.  He has math with a teacher that is really difficult, but has started to understand things better and be able to like being in her class more - instead of telling me that he needs to be moved to another class.

Camille- 11th grade - WOW - how has the time flown by so quickly!!!  She has so many amazing friends and great influences in her life.  She looks forward to school for the social aspect and absolutely loves many of her classes this year.  She is taking Encore and definitely says it is her favorite class this year.  She loves Ms. Nudd and has enjoyed being in her class (and often is found eating lunch in her classroom with other students).  She is also in MDT and loves it also.  She is taking a sign language class and loves it.  Her teacher is actually deaf and teaches from Orem through satellite.  She has learned so many fun signs and enjoys sharing them with the family.  Camille hangs out with Britlyn Hauver, Cara Sabin, Emily Wilcox, Becca Parr, Alayna Pope, Emily Wirick, Becca Barson, Nicole Smith, Sarah Lechtenberg, Madi Parkinson, Audrey Barron and EmilyWoffinden.

 Johnathan and Tanner together on Aug. 21st - the rest of the kids first day of school.

Bradley - kindergarten - This year Sego Lily got 2 new kindergarten teachers.  We really didn't know anything about his teacher, Mrs. Narvaez, but have grown to love her.  She is wonderful with the kids and Bradley loves being in her class.  There are about 25 kids his age in kindergarten and probably 15 of them are in his class.  It is really funny to go on a field trip or be in his class and to see pretty much every mom there from our ward.  Bradley wasn't very motivated to learn how to read before school started, but after he started couldn't quit telling me that he needed to do his homework.  He has progressed so much already.  Kindergarten started one week after the regular schools started - that week was almost pure torture.  He loves riding the bus to and from school.  I started watching Logan Lane for 2 hours after school and Bradley loves having him come and play every day.  It is also a great break for me where he needs to have someone to play with.  There are some days where it is hard but mostly it is really nice to have a built in friend at all times.  Bradley has become really good friends with Luke Lavery and Sam Pollmann this year also.  He was able to meet his teacher on the first day of school for the other kids to take an assessment test.  Then a week later started on the 28th.  He rode the bus to and from school.  I missed this little guy while he was gone, but it has been a great thing for him to finally be at school away from me.  I love hearing about his day when he returns home - at least as much as he wants to share.  Recess is always his favorite part.