Back to School Nite!

My schedule is being filled with kids' activities. My life is definitely not mine anymore. I am OK with it.

Last night, I went to back to school nite at Lawrenceville Elementary School (LES). Terran attends kindergarten there. All the parents gathered in the gym first and they made us say the pledge of allegiance first (to my surprise!). LES has students from K-3rd grade and this year, they have about 370 students total. The township has 4 of these k-3 public schools. After a brief mtg with the principal, we headed over to our children's classroom.

As soon as I walked in, I was surprised the amount of stuff that's hanging on the wall. Alphabets, numbers, lots and lots of art projects, names, and just stuff. In his class of 20 kids, he has 2 teachers and 1 assistant teacher. They talked about how the kids spend their day there and the goal for the year. They talked about reading, writing, science, social studies, algebra, geometry.... And this is kindergarten! They had 3 desktop computers in the class and the teachers said that each student will also get a laptop. Wow. They really have a great academic curriculum. Kindergarten is no longer just fun and play. It's really about academia and learning and preparing the kids to do well in school. I was totally impressed. Kindergarten is the new first grade. I hope Terran can keep up.