Wrapping Up Semester 1

Our first semester of the school year has come to an end!  All four of these kids are doing a great job, and it is so cool to see each of their individual strengths and weaknesses when it comes to education.  Olive thoroughly enjoys "school".  She is up before I am in the mornings, and often has already begun her at-home assignments before I even have a cup of coffee.  She and Ivey beg to head to our little classroom early on our in-class days, which is just awesome.  I knew I needed to replicate the experience that the boys had at Inman Hybrid, and I believe the girls are getting just that.  This is the sweetest little class, and they are learning so very much together!  Ivey would much rather be in a completely unstructured at-home environment... routine school work does not come naturally.  With that said, the work itself is a great fit for her, and she shows so much pride when she truly understands the material!  Addison is trucking through the 10th grade like a mack truck.  Although this year's major writing assignment is not his favorite (writing a 12+ chapter novel), he is embracing the challenge.  The other classes seem to just flow with him... and he is just loving it.  He has been going to a study group once per week, which I am using more as a social-skill training session than an academic one.  Each week we are talking about things he can do to improve the interaction with peers, and I believe this has been an excellent experience for him!  Asa has a more typical outlook toward school; he loves the social aspect, and the learning is just something he has to get done.  He's been working hard to get his grade back to up all A's, and he's getting close.  I'm so very pleased that he gets to grow and work through all of the social ups and downs of middle school within this little group at Konos!  There are around 20 students in his class, and there are 2 other classes around the same size that meet on different days.  Because he was in the Tuesday class last year, he knows a wider pot of students than before.  Since they all get together for the play, it was a super fun experience for him! 

Semester 2, here we come!