The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of 4th Grade

As Jocelyn's 4th grade year comes to an end, I sadly have to say it has been the worst one ever, and we will be happy to see it over with in 8 (hopefully) short days.

Don't get me wrong - "worst ever" - is not in any way a reflection of Jocelyn.  She is doing beautifully, despite it, and we couldn't be prouder.  She's an "A", "B" student and she's done great this year in her educational accomplishments.  She spends half her day with a great Language Arts teacher and has come leaps and bounds from where she was last year in this area.  But for the other half of her day, she's been stuck in a class all year, with a group of kids that are non stop behavioral issues.  I have never seen kids like this that have no respect for adults or each other, they don't care if they get in trouble, they don't want to do the work, they're always rowdy and disruptive.  I frankly don't know how Jocelyn has managed to deal with it all this time.

We talked with her teacher in November, and we talked with her teacher and the principal in January.  I truly believe they have done all they can to deal with the issue.  We considered changing her classes, but long story short, it would have meant taking her out of the Language Arts class too, and we didn't want her to lose out on the great things that she's been able to accomplish in that class this year.

So anyway, we sit at the end of the year, and even with this horrible class half the time, some great things have happened this year.

We did a trunk again for Trunk or Treat

She had a blast at the Holiday Shoppe, especially with her
buddy Kate (unfortunately they weren't in the same classes this year
 or that would have made it a little easier to get through).

She was chosen to be part of a 6 week GT session called Animal Antics. 
They had to create a game about animals and their habitats. 
These classes were one of the highlights of her year!

She made it across the playground monkey bars!

She was chosen, along with Mrs. Lee (that Language Arts Teacher!)
to have their picture on the front and back pages of a Power Point presentation
shown to every teacher in the county on a Teacher Professionals day! 

At the Enrichment Fair Jocelyn had 4, yes 4, items entered into the fair!!  Her Animal Antics Game, her Crazy Contraptions Massager, A tri-o-rama based on the Shiloh book, and some artwork.  It was great to see her so proud to show off all her hard work!

Jocelyn was also chosen
for the Crazy Contraptions
GT session.  Massages anyone?

On Field Day she got to hang out with her best buddies, Kate and Ryan.

In the last 8 days of school, she will wrap up the last of her homework and classwork, there will be a Rockfest outdoor fun day, on her last day June 15th, which families are invited to, she will say goodbye to her teachers and friends for the summer, and starting June 18th, she has a week of Programming Roblox camp, which she is SO EXCITED about!!  We're going to have another great summer together with lots of fun stuff planned, and at some point during the summer I will be meeting with the principal to discuss Jocelyn's 5th grade classmates because there is no way we want her to get stuck with a group like this for her last year of Elementary School!!  Stay tuned!