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RE: November PPS Chat - 11/12/2008 10:03:08 AM
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thisistheday
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Praying all goes well Donna.
There are time when my son (5th grade) doesn't do his work at school. This usually happens with writing assignments. He'll just sit there. Writing has always been a very hard thing for him, especially open-ended assignments. Last week he ended up in the office (Wednesday) because he wasn't doing his writing assignment. The assignment had been due on Monday. They also had to do a rough draft, so he'd been working on this (or not) for a while. I let the teacher know that I wanted her to alert me when he was behind and wasn't bringing his work home. I would have him work on it at home. He ended up finishing the assignment at home Wednesday.
She says she wants him to do certain things at school for assessment purposes. I asked her to tell me which assignments those are. In the same email I asked her to let me know when he had stuff to do at home. She never responded to this email. It's not a daily or even weekly thing that he gets behind. I feel like making him bring stuff home right away might show him that it's better to just do it right away in class. Anyway, she doesn't seem to want to communicate with me about this. Is this a reasonable request on my part?
I just don't think it's doing any thing good to send him to the office where he still doesn't work and gets further behind in other classes.
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RE: November PPS Chat - 11/12/2008 3:36:04 PM
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Well now I have a little guy that's following in his brothers footsteps. GRRR!
Ethan is failing math. NOT good and completely unacceptable. And it is basically because he is not turning in his homework and not completing homework and to top it all off lyng to me about having homework in the first place. Needless to say I was not a happy mom when his math teacher stopped me in the hallway this morning and told me about his homework issue and his current grade.
It's also Aryn's birthday today! She made cupcakes for a treat for her class and a few special teachers. Friday night I'm taking her and a friend out for dinner and then dessert and maybe to the bookstore.
Blessings,
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RE: November PPS Chat - 11/12/2008 10:49:31 PM
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thisistheday
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Happy Birthday Aryn!
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RE: November PPS Chat - 11/12/2008 11:09:33 PM
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Happy Birthday Aryn!
UGH about Ethan's math.
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RE: November PPS Chat - 11/13/2008 8:23:53 AM
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Hope all goes well today, Donna.
Happy birthday, Aryn! (Oh, I can't wait til my kids can make their own treats to take to school!)
We have report cards and conferences next week, which means lots of half days.
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RE: November PPS Chat - 11/13/2008 1:11:20 PM
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garsyt
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UGH about Ethan's math.
No kidding as this is the kid that scored in the 90th precentile range on his state testing this year in math! It's not that he can't do it - it's that he's choosing NOT to!
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RE: November PPS Chat - 11/13/2008 5:01:28 PM
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Noah didn't do well yesterday and I am not pleased with how the school handled it. He didn't go today.
I am home, resting (i.e. feeling like a lazy bum...it is so foreign for me to sit around and be waited on!), and more than a bit sore. Actually, it feels like the time I was kicked in the stomach by a horse when I was a kid. 
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RE: November PPS Chat - 11/13/2008 6:30:52 PM
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garsyt
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(((Donna))) So sorry Noah had a tough day and the school didn't handle it well.
Glad you are home tho!
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RE: November PPS Chat - 11/13/2008 7:46:55 PM
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Kath
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No kidding as this is the kid that scored in the 90th precentile range on his state testing this year in math! It's not that he can't do it - it's that he's choosing NOT to!
That has to be so aggravating!
{{{Donna}}} You'll have to tell us all about what happened at school when you feel better.
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RE: November PPS Chat - 11/13/2008 7:59:45 PM
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PrincessDonna
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I gather that he was not focusing on his work. The principal called my mom because I had given her my mom's number in case he needed to come home. She called her to tell her Noah was "not behaving" and was now sitting in the office doing his work. The way she said it made my mom think she didn't even know I had surgery that day. This phone call came as soon as I got to my room from recovery. If they didn't think he was doing well, they were supposed to call and we would have someone come get him. Instead, he was punished and my mom was "notified". I just wasn't happy. I don't need more stress right now. Knowing that they cannot follow simple instructions gives me more stress.
Noah's teacher dropped off his school work from today on her way home, which was nice of her because now he won't be behind. He finished the whole day's work in a little over an hour, and did a good job. This is why we will be returning to hsing.
On that topic...this is a friendly letter he wrote to the class...the principal helped him write it.
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Dear class
Homeschooling is graet. Because, you get less work. Allso you get to play after you get all of your work done. You get more rest. Because you get to do work wen you want to. You can do more if you want to. You get done faster.
Thank you,
Noah
Gee, I hope that doesn't make anyone think we don't make him do work when he's at home! That is so far from the truth...but I do find it amusing he wrote that and the principal helped him. He said he picked the topic himself.
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RE: November PPS Chat - 11/13/2008 8:27:04 PM
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...but I do find it amusing he wrote that and the principal helped him.
HA! That's hilarious.
Sorry they handled things badly the day of your surgery. I hate it - HATE IT - when I feel like nothing I say gets "through" to the teacher.
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RE: November PPS Chat - 11/15/2008 11:32:49 PM
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Donna, glad you are home safe and sound. Sorry about the pain and the way the school handled the situation with your son. But they tend to not think the same way we do as parents of those students and things that are important to us, aren't to them. Not that they should be excused from that indifference, but it happens. When Jake broke his two permanent teeth, they simply put them in a bag and told him to bring them home. They didn't call me so that I could get him into a dentist right away and when I called them on it, they didn't even apologize. They just said well, that is how the teacher decided to handle it.
Today was a day for us. Kali had a competition and her team won a trophy for 5th place. That was nice because the other three teams all placed in their divisions as well. Kali was in heaven today because she got to be in front of hundreds of people doing her thing. I wish I could keep her on a stage in front of people every day because she would be perfect. No temper tantrums, talking back, or constant complaining. The boys were not too happy about having to sit through that, but I wanted them to since Kali goes to all of Jake's soccer games and will go to all of Sean's basketball games that are at home.
We did send Kay home with my parents after Kali did her routine so we didn't have to deal with a 4 year old all day. I think that was a good choice.
As for me, I have done a bit of renovating. I had the flooring guy over the other day and ended up buying carpet for two rooms. One of them has the fireplace in it, and they laid the carpeting right up to the fireplace. Now the fireplace is raised up and there is a ledge that goes out a few inches, but code says 18 inches of something that won't burn so we are going to have that done and then just replace the carpeting in that room with something a bit brighter and more updated. Right now it is a short shaggy style that is brown with flecks of gold in it. It screams 70's. And it is all matted down and so dirty that I have shampooed it twice and vacuum it every day and it pulls up so much dirt that I can't handle walking on that floor.
It is never ending, but we did fix the chimney in the fireplace and had our first fire last night with the kids. It was nice. It was even nicer when they ALL went down to the basement to play and left me and my DH alone in front of the fire to enjoy it by ourselves. It was nice to have some quiet time with him. But that was short lived when we heard Kay screaming and Kali telling her it would be ok. She apparently hit her head on the metal post when she ran into it. Other than that, it was an ok night.
Tomorrow is a marathon day at church. I teach Sunday school at 8 and the kids go to classes fromit 8 til 10:30 and we go to church as a family at 10:45. So we don't get out til 12:15. But I actually like those days. My church is just an awesome place to be.
So anyway, I hope you are all having good weekends and Donna, let yourself get the rest you need and don't worry about feeling lazy or looking at the dishes that probably aren't getting done. Just get well.
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RE: November PPS Chat - 11/16/2008 12:14:21 AM
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Donna, I'm glad you are home and on the mend. If I were near by I'd bring you dinner and clean up any messes. Just rest and get better now.
I have to play proud mommy. Our art museum re-opened after a major renovation. So to celebrate they have been having a whole weekend of free attendance. You say free in this town you better be prepared for a crowd. So we decided to brave the crowd. A huge step for my twins, they usually don't handle crowds well at all, but they have been really into dinosaurs and one whole floor was dinos. So off we went. It was crazy busy. Then the elevators weren't working, for the amount they spent getting this thing remodelled, you'd think they'd check the elevators. My twins hate stairs too, terrified of going down. The girls did great, stairs and all, then as we were coming out they were doing a song from Peter Pan. A local theater group is putting it on in December. The sound system was set to blast out every window in Fresno, another situation that tends to cause melt downs in my girls, but they were right there dancing to the music. I was so proud of how they did.
Then this evening dd #1 made cookies all by her self. She even let sister's "help". She was so gentle with them, and the cookies came out great. She even cleaned up after herself.
O.K. proud mommy going to sleep now.
Kim Q
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RE: November PPS Chat - 11/16/2008 8:48:52 AM
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PrincessDonna
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But they tend to not think the same way we do as parents of those students and things that are important to us, aren't to them. Not that they should be excused from that indifference, but it happens.
And that is why he's coming home. I'm still not sure whether he makes a very bad student in a school setting or I make a very bad parent of a student in a school setting.  I just know that I do not absolve my rights and responsibilities as a parent when I send him on that bus, and I expect the school to respect that. I am the parent and they are not.
Anywho...
I am resting and being a very good girl. I do not want to do anything I am not supposed to...because it hurts to do even what I am allowed to do! I don't want to cause any complications in there, for sure. And no, I don't care if the dishes are done or not (they aren't...Brian's 15 yo sister stayed with us this weekend...she was good with the kids, but not the housework).
I am going to church today because I hate missing. But Noah and Hannah spent the night with my parents and are going to their church. SIL will be here soon to pick up Levi, so we'll only have Nick and Esther and my stepMIL will go with us to help with the baby and Brian's wheelchair. She's been wanting to visit our church anyway.
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RE: November PPS Chat - 11/16/2008 2:06:46 PM
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My twins hate stairs too, terrified of going down. The girls did great, stairs and all,
Kim, I'm so glad they did good! David is afraid of going down stairs too. He has a lazy eye so it affects his depth perception.
I'm sorry I've been absent for most of the month in here. I have been skimming through the thread this month, I've been sick for 4 weeks and at first it was just a nagging feeling of just blah all over my body, achy like the flu, but Friday I started getting really sick again.
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RE: November PPS Chat - 11/16/2008 4:39:12 PM
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Kath- I'm so sorry to hear that you're still not feeling well.
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RE: November PPS Chat - 11/16/2008 5:25:47 PM
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PrincessDonna
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(((((((((((Kath))))))))))))) Grrrr to being sick so long. Have you gone to the doctor?
Is Larry back to work yet from his sinus surgery?
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RE: November PPS Chat - 11/16/2008 6:03:59 PM
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Thank you! I have a dr appointment Tues at 9.
And Larry went back to work last week. He's doing great.
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RE: November PPS Chat - 11/17/2008 9:24:37 AM
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Donna, hope you're recovering well. Do you have help this week, too?
Kath, sorry you've been so sick! I hope the dr. can help.
We did major cleaning this past week/weekend. We painted the kitchen, finally. It's orange- I love it! And we got everyone's bedrooms completely cleaned up. We want to paint and switch the kids' rooms after Christmas. One of the rooms was pink when we moved in, so we put Aria in there but it's actually a little bigger than the room the boys are sharing so we want to put them in there eventually. We did so much right after we moved in, then we slowed down once school started. Now everyone is adjusted and we can get back to some of those things that got put off.
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RE: November PPS Chat - 11/17/2008 9:59:23 AM
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I am planning on having someone here every day this week and then we'll see if I need help longer. The helpers this week are here from 9 or 10 until after dinner. I figure for bedtime, Noah can get Levi into his bed and I can sit and make sure he stays there until he falls asleep. Last night was our first overnight without anyone here and we did okay this morning. It takes Brian and I both to get Levi dressed, but we can do it.
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RE: November PPS Chat - 11/17/2008 6:08:55 PM
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I got three out of the four report cards for my kids!!!!
Jake got two C's but still had a 3.1 GPA
Kali is at a third grade reading level. She is in second, but yet her writing is just average so she needs to work on that. If she can read and talk your head off, she can write a bit better.
My exchange student got two B's and two C's. So far, not so bad.
Kay is in 4K and I don't think they even get progress reports.
Donna, it is great that you have helpers.
Kathy, you go to the doctor tomorrow? Let us know how it goes.
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RE: November PPS Chat - 11/18/2008 8:30:45 AM
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Our SD is adding an automated emergency dialer system. Unexpected early dismissals, true emergency situations, things like that. The system will call EVERY number I turn in. After 4 rings, it hangs up and tries again after so many minutes. You can only say 'hello' because it waits 3 seconds after the last sound it hears before the recording starts.
Fine.
No one is home at the house during the day, but the machine is set for 5 rings. No sense changing it because we won't be at home to get the message. Hubby's work number? If he isn't sitting at his desk, after 5 rings, it goes to the office, so it will hang up before a real person gets the call. My work number? Two rings and then OUR automated system picks up and TALKS until you put in my extension number. My Mom? When you call her, the phone rings 3-4 times on your end before it ever starts to ring on her end so she will have one ring to get to the phone before it hangs up and Mom doesn't have a machine.
I don't expect the system to change for me, but it is useless to me.
My only question becomes do I tell the school and expect them to dial me personally (of course not) or do I bellyache that they are wasting my tax money on this.
I know - I will just be a responsible parent and watch the website / news and prepare my kids for the possibility of us not knowing that school let out.
Yet, my kids can't log onto a computer and the teachers can't update their websites or get email...
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RE: November PPS Chat - 11/18/2008 11:18:51 AM
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Mbee, our school district started that this year, too. This year they are still doing the phone chain for those who want it, but we opted out. We have a home number, two cell phones, and my dad's number, so one of us is bound to get the call. I think it might send an email, too. Does your system do email? Personally, I never liked the phone chain because I would always get the call after I already knew school was closing, and I hated for them to be wasting time calling me when there might be people who didn't know yet.
Tomorrow is the last full day of school, then half days until Thanksgiving. We are leaving Tuesday night for Buffalo so the kids will miss Wednesday, but there's not usually much to miss on a half day before a holiday.
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RE: November PPS Chat - 11/18/2008 11:29:45 AM
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No phone chain.
They claim to have an email change - I've been registered two years with two different accounts and never heard from them - I registered with a local news station and do get a note from them.
I wasn't even offered the chance to opt out or change numbers. I'm sure I can, but it didn't talk about doing that in the letter.
I figure that 99% of the time, I know anyhow. The only time I wouldn't would be if I was off work and shopping / running and then, I guess I will just do it the old fashioned way - call someone I know since they are NOT getting my cell phone numbers.
I just can't figure this out - the automated system is going to call my sisters workplace. She doesn't have kid in the school but her co-workers do. So, she is going to HEAR the message, and need to know who to contact in the company - not tough for her, but what about the person who works with a switchboard and 300 co-workers? They won't get the message. Glad it wasn't my decision to impliment.
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