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Something about the colors of this mug make me think of spring!
Something about the colors of this mug make me think of spring!
Homeschool news . . . This week has been spent wrapping up the final projects for co-op and preparing for the final test in French class. Yesterday was the final day of co-op, so class time was spent tying up some loose ends and doing final tests. With one exception - Creative Writing was finished with assignments last week, so we started watching a movie. We finished up the movie Tangled this week and discussed the plot themes and tropes in it.
Following the last class of the day, we had an ice cream social and some of the classes did a bit of presentation. The two French classes got together to sing a couple of French songs. The girls in French II sang the French national anthem, and then the French I students joined them to sing a silly song - Napoleon. It's a song kind of like B-I-N-G-O, where you drop the last syllable of the line each time you repeat the song.
We really appreciate the teachers at co-op! They do a great job teaching the material, but they go also go above and beyond, taking personal interest in the students and making it fun as well. And Kennady's Speech and Business instructor has done an especially great job of connecting with the students and building them into a tight friend group as well as just being classmates.
The other thing we worked on this week that was school-related was scrambling to get a scholarship application done. It's a music scholarship so Kennady will be recording her audition CD tonight. (And we really appreciate the music teachers that are going out of their way to supply her with recommendation letters!) Wish her luck!
Following the last class of the day, we had an ice cream social and some of the classes did a bit of presentation. The two French classes got together to sing a couple of French songs. The girls in French II sang the French national anthem, and then the French I students joined them to sing a silly song - Napoleon. It's a song kind of like B-I-N-G-O, where you drop the last syllable of the line each time you repeat the song.
We really appreciate the teachers at co-op! They do a great job teaching the material, but they go also go above and beyond, taking personal interest in the students and making it fun as well. And Kennady's Speech and Business instructor has done an especially great job of connecting with the students and building them into a tight friend group as well as just being classmates.
The other thing we worked on this week that was school-related was scrambling to get a scholarship application done. It's a music scholarship so Kennady will be recording her audition CD tonight. (And we really appreciate the music teachers that are going out of their way to supply her with recommendation letters!) Wish her luck!
Other news . . . on Friday evening the kids and their friends took over my kitchen and dining room to bake several batches of cookies for a bake sale they were running on Saturday morning.
Kennady didn't help with the sale for very long because she had to be on the bus to her final dress rehearsal for a Children's Chorus performance on Sunday. After church on Sunday, she and I had a quick lunch and then picked up a friend of mine and headed for the concert.
It was Kennady's last day as a member of the Children's Chorus, so I thought it important to get photos of her with her directors. Apparently someone else got pictures of the graduating seniors with their director, so I'm waiting on copies of that.
After this photo, Kennady changed her clothes and donated her uniform back to the chorus, turned in her music, and we headed home. She was more emotional about that than she'd expected, and cried for about half the ride home.
My choir concerts were on Monday and Tuesday so those were full and busy days. And now that my choir season is also over, we're looking forward to less hectic Tuesdays!
On Wednesday evening, Kennady went to a bonfire and I did some shopping; and on Thursday I was out at one last Homeschool Moms Night Out before school ends. And it also served as one last planning meeting for our Homeschool Fair, which happens tomorrow!
\What's Coming Up . . . the first ever Homeschool Fair focused on our county and sponsored by the homeschool fellowship group I'm with! We are pretty excited - maybe just a bit nervous!
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On my blogs last week . . .
Here on Homeschool Coffee Break:
Becoming a Vocabulary Virtuoso with Critical Thinking
Do Homeschool Moms Get Any Teacher Appreciation?
Virtual Refrigerator - Timeline in Progress
And on my book blog, Just A Second:
Recent Reads - The Governess of Penwythe Hall
Scripture and a Snapshot - Tell The Story
Recent Reads - The Governess of Penwythe Hall
Scripture and a Snapshot - Tell The Story
Just A Second is where I share book reviews and other book-related things, and update on what's on my bookshelf. This week I finished and reviewed The Governess of Penwythe Hall (The Cornwall Novels)
by Sarah E. Ladd, and I've been reading:A Dangerous Collaboration (A Veronica Speedwell Mystery)
by Deanna RaybournThe Rock, The Road, and the Rabbi by Kathie Lee Gifford
A parting shot . . . a sample of the Canadian food haul that my mom sent via my sister a couple weeks ago!
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