School Picnic Pictures
Below are some pictures sent by James’ teacher of him playing at the annual school picnic.
Edited: June 13th, 2012
James Makes Honor Roll
We got a real big surprise today when James came home with an honor roll certificate for the fourth quarter. This is Jame’s second honor roll this year so like we did when he got his first one we took him out to celebrate. He had a chocolate/vanilla swirl dipped in chocolate at the Dairy Queen, and got a Wii point card for his Nintendo Wii system. We know James had to work hard to earn the certificate this quarter and we are all so very proud of his achievement(s).
James last day of school is Thursday and we do have a few surprises for him on that day as well.
Edited: June 12th, 2012
Reading Night at Hoover Elementary
James had a fun time at the Hoover Elementary Reading night. First he met up with a couple of his class mates then got to be entertained with “Suspicious Minds” by Elvis. After that James went to his first reading destination which was Ms. Frizzle’s Castle which was read by Mrs Jent, his regular teacher. After reading a story the kids got to make tiaras, wands, and shields. James made a shield and you can see it as the last picture in the gallery. The S in the upper left hand represents what James wants to be in life…a School teacher. The K in the upper right represent his family K=Kleiber. The lower left H represents Espirit Decorp, mainly Hoover elementary, and the J represents James. The Kleiber Crest looked great on his practice sheet, however when he went to put it on his Shield he put the crest on the Titanic! A thousand years from now when they discover the Kleiber crest they will see the Titanic on it.
James second destination was Dinosaurs and Reptiles, and had several living creatures including salamanders, lizards, and turtles. The instructor talked about extinction and the idea that dinosaurs are not really extinct but live on in birds. He showed several dinosaur skulls then the kids got to pet the lizards and the animated triceratops.
Afterwards all the kids got ice cream sundaes. What a way to spend an evening!
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Edited: March 22nd, 2012
James Makes Honor Roll
Yes its true, no one was more stunned than us, but it appears James turned it up at school and really did well this marking period, making the Honor roll and getting several awards including an award for improvement in reading. His behavior has been much better as well, although in a recent parent/teacher meeting the teachers said James gets a little anxious the last half hour of school and if he causes them trouble thats usually the time.
We are all proud of James and when we got the news from school took James out to Walmart and bought him a video game he had wanted (we were going to get it for him for Christmas anyhow). Hopefully he can continue winning awards at school and making his family proud.
Edited: November 27th, 2011
Hoover Elementary Halloween Parade 2011
For the second year in a row James and his classmates participated in the Hoover Elementary Halloween Parade. The entire school marched around the front of the school in their halloween costumes, led by their principle Mrs Springer, who wore the purple jester costume. The costumes seemed to be much more elaborate than last years, with Darth Vader and Batman seeming to be the favorites among boys, and witches and angels the favorites among girls.
Edited: October 28th, 2011
Hoover Elementary Halloween Parade
James had a big day Friday, the 29th of Oct, when he got to dress up in his Halloween costume to go to school. James was pretty excited the night before and did not sleep well, in the morning he was yawning and was somewhat sluggish while watching Curious George. This is actually not what he will be wearing on Halloween (he will be Woody from Toy Story but we were very concerned the high winds might blow away Woody’s cowboy hat at the parade). The parade took place around the school and it appeared everyone was very well dressed. James looked surprised and somewhat in awe at the festivities, this was the first parade he has ever been in (he has seen several) and was a little shy, but he soon got into the swing of things, waving to his adoring public. Later in the day they had a Halloween party for just the students and James came home with many Halloween decorations he made in class.
Most of the decorations for Halloween are up, but not a lot outside yet (we had pretty heavy winds so none of the inflatables are up yet, they will go up Halloween morning if the weather permits). Weather is forecasting rain on Halloween so we have made preparations for other activities if Jame’s trick or treating is shortened.
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Edited: October 30th, 2010
James Starts Second Grade
School days are here again ! James arose a few minutes before 7 AM and got ready for school. Mommy supervised as he dressed in a new pair of shoes, a new shirt, and new shorts and socks. Last year, James and Mommy watched Curious George together while waiting for the bus. This morning, he was too excited to watch.
At approximately quarter after seven, the bus pulled up and Mommy walked with him to meet the bus for the first time. James, of course, carried his new Toy Story 3 backpack. Barb is the new school bus driver. Pearl is the attendant. James and Pearl are well-acquainted since Pearl was the attendant on the bus that he rode last year. A little boy from our block will be riding the bus with James for the first time this year. Unfortunately, the child attends a different school than James.
James is once again attending Hoover Elementary in Lincoln Park. Mr. Elia will be James’ teacher for the second year in a row. As always, Dad documents James’ milestones with photographs. Share James’ excitement and nervousness by looking at Dad’s photo gallery.
Edited: September 8th, 2010
James Promoted to Second Grade
We were thrilled to learn James would be promoted to the second grade, but shocked to see how he did it, with 6 awards. Last year he got one for being a student in Kindergarten. James’ teacher was very proud of the progress James made, especially since Christmas which seems to have been the turning point. James still has issues from time to time but is talking much more and has a very large vocabulary. We contribute a lot of James success to the Wii game he got for Christmas which he really interacted with very well. He had always liked video games but the Wii had wireless remotes, in the other games his jumping and playing usually eventually broke the wires in the remote. (more…)
Edited: June 15th, 2010
Some Heavy Arithmetic
Another good day of school work, some large math problem, check them out. He also got stars on some of his sentences but I did not have a chance to scan them.
Each night before he goes to sleep, we go over his homework and he is proud that his work is showing up on the family site.
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Edited: January 14th, 2010
Red Star Day
James had another good day today according to his teacher. He got a Red Star on the sentences that he wrote. There are actually 2 pages, back and front, but I only scan the one with the red star, besides, I think most readers will get the idea. I am sure reading sentences written by a first grader isn’t the most exciting thing in the world, unless you are his parents or relatives, then its awesome.
Edited: January 12th, 2010