First day of Kindergarten

Super excited

First day of Kindergarten was on Tuesday, August 18th. SO much drama around the start of school beginning with the surprise announcement that there was a new principal - 1 week before school was due to start!

The orientation new parents attended answered only part of all the questions as the new principal was learning and adjusting to her new role at the school. We were told that we would not know who the teachers were or what class the children are assigned to until the first day of school. Even then, we were told there might be classroom adjustments depending on how class sizes shift the first few weeks of school.

She picked out what to wear and how she wanted her hair

Ellie did SO well on her first day. It was Mommy and Daddy that had a hard time that day. Because she attended summer camp on the school campus, she knew one of the kids in her class already and saw some First grader friends on the playground during lunch.

Daddy lurking

She is on her 3rd week of school this week and I am hoping to see some progress in terms of communication from the teacher and classroom. So far there has not been any homework or letter to parents about what the kids are doing every day at school. Of course when I ask Ellie what she did in school her default answer is "I don't remember." So we will continue with her "homework" on the weekends and teach her on our own. (We bought some workbooks that help reinforce numbers, letters and sight words)