Middle Schoolers

I started this blog with a 1st grader and 3rd grader. Now we have a 6th grader and an 8th grader which means next year we'll have a high school student living in our house!

It's been great having both of them on the same schedule. It makes mornings and afternoons so much nicer, although I think they do miss having some time without their sibling at home. Next year's schedule will put them two hours apart in both the morning and the afternoon.

6thGrader is enjoying band where he's playing the trombone. He said he wants to take double-band for 7th grade and learn to play the euphonium.

8thGrader hasn't started counting the days til summer vacation yet, but I suspect he will once we get by spring break.

But in the meanwhile, we have two weeks with standardized testing coming up. Thankfully at middle school there isn't as much stress put on the students about this. I attribute it to having six different teachers and none of them having time to stress the students out. Plus they've been doing these tests since first grade, so they're much more used to what is involved. It also means free snacks!