Kathryn's First Day of 4th Grade

Kathryn had a great first day of school! She got up this morning and ate breakfast and got ready in record time. She had both Chris and I walk her to school, which is 1.5 blocks from our house. When we got there, I did get a quick hug, but no kiss as she didn't want me to embarrass her in front of her new friends. She just got in line with the other 4th graders and headed off into school without ever looking back.

Her homeroom teacher and the teacher that she will have for Reading is Miss Barber. Mr. Cavanaugh will be her Science teacher and she will have Mr. Buckingham (or Mr. Buck as he is called) for Math. She has another male teacher for Social Studies and Health whose name we aren't sure of right now. Kathryn was very impressed with the Media Center, which is at the center of school because they have all of the "Junie B. Jones" and "Magic Tree House" series books, some of Kathyrn's favorites.

She came home from school very happy about her day and the new friends that she made. Laurel Elementary has a very diverse population and Kathryn says that she likes that. She has several classmates who have English as their second language and she thinks that is neat.

The only "hiccup" in Kathryn's day came at recess during a game of kickball. She tripped and skinned both knees, both elbows (one quite nicely) and one wrist and hand. The school nurse called us to let us know that Kathryn had come to the Health Room and then patched her up and sent her back to class. When Chris and I picked her up from school at the end of the day, she took off all of the bandaids and gauze to proudly showed us her wounds. All in all, she said, it was a good day.

She was funny on the way home as she remarked that although she had homework, we had more then she did with all of the forms that we had to fill out. She was right. However, her homework was a lot more fun. She came home with a paper bag that she decorated in class to place five things from home that describe who she is and what she likes to do and will take it back to school tomorrow to present to her class. She spent a lot of time carefully selecting her five items...

1. High School Musical 2 magazine
2. Swim Team trophy
3. Softball
4. Stuffed animal
5. Snowglobe from the Outer Banks

She can't wait to get to school tomorrow to show off the treasures in her bag.