October just zoomed by and here we are in Novemer and the day of my son’s first ever report card. I have a nostalgic love of report cards. My mother still has all of my old ones from Grade 3 right up to the point I graduated high school, not that long ago Despite getting [...]
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The orange folder
On the first (or second, I can’t quite remember) day of school, Lee brought home an orange folder with his name on it in his bookbag. The is the primary method of communicating with the teacher. The concept is sort of like sending notes by carrier pigeon back in the olden days. School newsletters, forms, [...]
Reflections
As I walked by the pond in our local park this morning, I marveled at how still the water was, despite the waterfall behind depositing a steady stream of water into it. It resembled a mirror, reflecting the trees, grass and skies above. That is my favourite part of the 25 minute walk home after [...]
Orientation
My son, Lee, will be attending a private Catholic school on the upper west side of New York City and last Wednesday was new parent orientation night. It was a chance for all of the new parents to meet each other, meet the teachers and hear from the principal about procedures and policies. It was [...]