Meet the Teacher

Thank goodness for Meet the Teacher!  We had some anxiety about changing schools prior to starting at Jenks and it was so nice to get to go inside, see the classroom and meet Mrs. Andrews.  She is wonderful!  Ben had worried about everything from getting lost at school to wondering if his classmates and teacher would be speaking English.  (That's what you get when you watch too much Olympics!)  Seeing the room, some of the kids and meeting the teacher alleviated his concerns greatly.  He even wanted to stay when we needed to move on to other things because he hadn’t finished reading books.  His assessment after Meet the Teacher was that he was the tallest kid he had seen in the class so he was guessing he was at least second tallest.  

We were also able to order a directory, yearbook, buy spirit wear and much more in the gym during Meet the Teacher.  Ben found one shirt he liked so we bought that.  He thought the others were either too crazy or had cartoon drawings on them so we are holding out for other options later.  We may have to hit the team shop at the high school before long.  

The most surprising part of our visit was little miss E’s disappointment.  She was really worried about going and we soon realized that she thought it was for her too.  After she realized that she would still be going to her old school, instead of being relieved she was angry to be excluded.  She wanted to sign her name on the PTA poster and wanted to get her supplies, etc.  Didn’t plan for that one. . . .oops!