Awards Day!

Here are a few snapshots of Awards Day at school. Jenna won many awards. She got an honor roll award (Mikayla doesn't get this because they don't give those until 2nd grade), perfect attendance award, which was a hard fought award. She went to school for a whole week with strep throat and miserable because she wanted perfect attendance. (I didn't know she had strep throat though!) I asked her if striving for perfect attendance was worth it in the end, she said, "NO!" She also won The Most Improved Player Award for Track. The first picture is of Jenna and her track coach with the award. Mikayla won a very important award. She won the Character Award. One boy and one girl from each class is given this award every year. There is a long list of criteria to win this award. The third picture is of our princial awarding Mikayla her Character Award. We are VERY proud of her. She was disappointed because the day before she came in third in the spelling bee. They get to write the word on the board and she spelled it right and then changed it! She studied so hard so she was very disappointed. But we told her that it is much more important to win the character award than the spelling bee. We are very proud of both our girls.

I have one more 1/2 day of school today. Meetings. I am just ready for this never ending school year to be over! It is just feels like it will last forever. I have absolutely no qualms of my decision to leave teaching. As I told someone, "My love for my family hindered my ability to be an excellent teacher and my love of teaching hindered my ability to be an excellent mother." I had to choose between the 2 so that I could do one thing with excellence. TOO MUCH WORK AT HOME! If you have children thank their teacher for the many many hours that they put into teaching OUTSIDE of the normal 8 hour work day. It is immeasureable!