Schools Out

Yesterday was the last day of school. The kids had a great year! They made so many friends, loved their teachers and learned so much. I was really quite concerned with the kids going to a Montessori school. Their style of teaching is so freestyle that I was worried that they wouldn't learn as much as they would at a regular school. I was wrong. Harris advanced so much more than Liv did when she was in kindergarten. He is reading on a 3rd grade level and was doing long division math and double digit multiplication by the end of the year! Liv was in a combined 4th 5th and 6th grade class and was reading on a High School level and finished all the math through 6th grade! I am glad that we chose this school and am looking forward to what they will learn next year!

Harris and his teachers Mr. Ian and Ms. Erica. Wonderful teachers!

 

A teary eyed Liv and her teachers Mr. Rob and Ms. Megan. She loved them!

 Liv was having a really hard time saying goodbye. Especially to Ms. Megan. In Montessori, to help the kids have consistency in learning, they have the same teachers for 1st, 2nd and 3rd and then 4th, 5th and 6th grades. For next year they were able to hire a new teacher and so they had to move 5 kids from each class to the new teachers class. Liv was worried that she would be one of the ones moved but she got lucky and gets to stay in Mr. Robs class for the rest of her time there. But because they hired this new teacher the classes are small enough, 20 kids each, that the teacher no longer needs an aide. So Ms. Megan will not be her teacher next year, which is why she was having such a hard time saying goodbye. On a positive note, however, Ms. Megan will now be Mr. Matts aide who just so happens to be Harris new teacher for the next 3 years. I'm pretty sure Liv will spend a lot of time volunteering to help in that class. ;)