Went with Katherine today to meet her new Kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Jones. She evaluated Katherine for Kindergarten readiness (no question about that) while we filled out the inevitable panoply of permission slips, clearance slips, contact forms.
Mrs. Jones seems very nice (and pregnant — she’s expecting, I think, around Christmas or so, but already has her fill-in planned, and already had called us to let us know), and her room is full of all that cool, fun stuff that makes Kindergarten classes so much fun. Including Stripesy the Turtle. The general “motif” is spotted cows — lots of decor around that motif, as well as activities. This includes “cow spots,” rewards that can be turned in for cool prizes, including taking Stripesy home overnight. Katherine already has that one planned …
We also got Katherine’s bus assignment. The bus will pick her up at the top of the street at 8:08 a.m. (or so) and deliver her back home around 3:30 p.m., the new delimiters of our day.
Katherine seemed charmed by Mrs. Jones, and vice-versa. I think it’s going to be a good school year.
Next up: Parent-Teacher Night next Wednesday, followed by the First Day of School on Thursday (which is only an hour long … don’t ask me why), followed by the first full day of school next Friday.
Here we go!