Feltwell Fuzzy Award and Parent/Teacher Conferences

I am way behind on blogging. I jumped the gun a little on our Portugal post because I couldn't stop looking at the pictures....I wanted to be back in the warm sun! About a week before we left for Portugal I got a call from the school Principal. I figured I was getting reprimanded for not calling in to say Avery was going to be late (we were at the doctor's office that morning and I had no signal to call and we were running way later than I thought we would). I was completely wrong. He was calling to tell me how proud he was of Allison and that she had received a Feltwell Fuzzy award for outstanding achievement in academics and citizenship!!! We are so incredibly proud of Allie! I was actually on the way to the school when he called. When we got there all of the students that had received a Feltwell Fuzzy that day were getting their picture taken. So then they had Allie get in a picture with all of us and it was posted in the Hedgehog Highlights this month!

Last week we had Parent Teacher Conferences. We learned more about the Feltwell Fuzzy Award during the conference with Allie's teacher. She said that the teachers can choose any number of students whenever they want for an award. This was the earliest in the school year that she has ever given out the award (and Allie was the first in her class to get one!) She said last year she didn't even give one out until the last quarter! So I think she means business when she's giving out these awards! :) As far as everything else goes with Allie, she is doing great in everything! She is getting all A's. Her lowest scores were in math which I am very aware that she doesn't like math......and I don't blame her. She has exceeded expectations in reading which was one of the reasons behind getting the fuzzy award. Allie just blows through her chapter books. She is constantly reading and is pretty much already at a 3rd grade level. She's a champ!

Avery has shown SO much improvement since being in Kindergarten. I was hesitant to send her but, once again, Derek has proven that he is ALWAYS right. ;) With that said, she is still way behind. I know that doesn't make any sense. Before conferences they had someone come in to quiz the kids to see where they stand. Avery didn't know this person that was quizzing her. She basically failed the quiz......big time. I know that a huge part of it was that she was afraid to talk to this stranger that was quizzing her and her teacher feels the same way. I really think she has anxiety issues. For example, they said she could only count to 16. Just yesterday she counted to 39 with no help......and then on to 100 with very little help. I will admit she is behind in a lot things but we just need to remember that she is the youngest in her class. No matter what we are extremely proud of the improvements she's shown. We are so lucky that her teacher absolutely adores her. Not only has she told us this but it is very apparent too. We know she will give Avery the attention she needs and just help her along in the right direction. She has suggested Avery attend some meetings with the counselor. They are called Friend Meetings where there will be a couple other kids in the meeting. She thinks it would be good for Avery to get to know and be comfortable with another adult and it also gives her a chance to meet different students too. Her teacher has also suggested maybe putting Avery is some sort of a class for help academically. She's not totally convinced Avery needs it though. She thinks it's more a matter of her opening up and being more comfortable.

That's about it for conferences. Again, so proud of my girls!