During the school open house last month, Mrs. Patterson mentioned that children can start learning typing at home.  Mimi came home last night asking to use the computer.  I usually don't let her use ...

Here comes the Monday.  It wasn't too bad for Mimi because there is no class. However, she still doesn't want to go to the camp for the day.   What should we do?  Mommy can't take another day off beca...

Finally, today is the big day for Jordan and the rest of the school age children in New York State to go back to school.  Mimi was disappointed that she was not in the same class with Lucy and Callie....

I don't know how other parents view reports card.  Here in Ithaca, children do not receive grades on their card.  Instead, they receive 4 different ranking:1 = Little progress meeting grade level expe...

Tuesday is the day is the day for pizza party, classroom clean up (drawer, supplies, books, etc) and summer birthday celebration. All the summer birthday kids got together and planned the party.  I wa...

Mimi's piano teacher, Merilee, has a "parent conference" at the end of each semester.  The purpose of the conference is to engage parents' input on piano program evaluation.  The conference took place...

Well, we are getting closer to the end of the semester.  Mimi told me that she couldn't imagine that this is approaching to the end.  She felt the school just started not long ago.  However, if she th...

At the end, all students were in the array to sing the song they wrote.  Mimi and her friends happened to be at the center of the stage.  That makes taking pictures much easier.   Mr. John Simon, loca...

Today, I attended the "artist-in-the-school" project performance at Mimi's school.  This is a really fun project.  The children work with resident artist from Hanger Theater to develop their own play....

Friday after school, Mimi attended the carnival from Cayuga Height Elementary School.  This seems to be a tradition for local elementary schools to host an event like this at the end of the semester. ...