There is no school tomorrow AGAIN! Don't get me wrong, I love having my kids home. But it snowed on THURSDAY!!!! How many make-up days are we going to have? Mike had just sent out fliers for classes he wanted to teach during winter break. Now most of those days will be spent in school. Yuck.
On the plus side, Maysen hasn't had to go to PE. Mike and I just wrote an e-mail to the principal. For all the interested parties (Maysen) this is what we said:
Ms. Davis -
Thank you for taking the time to speak with me last week about my concerns with my daughter's schedule.
My husband and I were really hoping that we could work something out regarding her having PE again. This will be the third consecutive quarter that she has had PE and once again has the same student that has been bullying her in her class. We had also hoped that we could get her moved into a foreign language class because she has such a desire for it, is doing well in all her gifted classes, and rarely brings home any homework.
This is a serious enough concern for us that we are looking into some other options. We have looked into home schooling and have spoken to some people at [a local charter school] regarding possible enrollment.
However, we would still prefer to work something out with [the school] due largely to Maysen's enthusiasm for the upcoming Reading Bowl competition. Maysen participated in the reading bowl for the past two years at [her elementary school], has been part of the Reading Bowl club at [the school], and has read 17 of the 20 books for this year's competition so far. She would be so disappointed not to be able to have a chance to compete after her preparation. Even so, she tells us that she would rather miss out on this opportunity than to go through another 9 weeks of PE.
You mentioned that you would speak with Maysen yourself and discuss these issues. Would you be able to do so this week? We would really like to know the outcome of your conversation, so please let us know how that goes.
We would be happy to discuss the situation further with you. We can come in for an appointment with you or you can call us anytime at [our phone number].
Thank you for your efforts in making [the school] a success.
Sincerely,
Stephanie and Mike Smith
On the plus side, Maysen hasn't had to go to PE. Mike and I just wrote an e-mail to the principal. For all the interested parties (Maysen) this is what we said:
Ms. Davis -
Thank you for taking the time to speak with me last week about my concerns with my daughter's schedule.
My husband and I were really hoping that we could work something out regarding her having PE again. This will be the third consecutive quarter that she has had PE and once again has the same student that has been bullying her in her class. We had also hoped that we could get her moved into a foreign language class because she has such a desire for it, is doing well in all her gifted classes, and rarely brings home any homework.
This is a serious enough concern for us that we are looking into some other options. We have looked into home schooling and have spoken to some people at [a local charter school] regarding possible enrollment.
However, we would still prefer to work something out with [the school] due largely to Maysen's enthusiasm for the upcoming Reading Bowl competition. Maysen participated in the reading bowl for the past two years at [her elementary school], has been part of the Reading Bowl club at [the school], and has read 17 of the 20 books for this year's competition so far. She would be so disappointed not to be able to have a chance to compete after her preparation. Even so, she tells us that she would rather miss out on this opportunity than to go through another 9 weeks of PE.
You mentioned that you would speak with Maysen yourself and discuss these issues. Would you be able to do so this week? We would really like to know the outcome of your conversation, so please let us know how that goes.
We would be happy to discuss the situation further with you. We can come in for an appointment with you or you can call us anytime at [our phone number].
Thank you for your efforts in making [the school] a success.
Sincerely,
Stephanie and Mike Smith
We will see what happens. I'm also still hopeful that the doctor will contact me and agree to write Maysen a note to get out of gym.
On an unrelated note, our neighbor Justin came to church with us today. We also had him over this evening to watch The Restoration. Andrea Pierce came over as well. (Andrea knows Justin from high school . . . well, mostly Chaz - her missionary "friend" does.) We had cookies and brownies with icecream. Yummmmy! We decided that calories ingested while talking to people about the church don't count.
I saw on the news you were only at 24 degrees over there. Could be another reason to cancel school. If it is below 20 degrees here they keep the kids inside all day.
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