The Home Stretch


I cannot believe Nate is a 4th grader now. That simply cannot be possible. Didn't he just start walking? Or talking? Or reading? Or building DC circuits on the living room rug?

Room 120's end-of-year potluck celebration was this evening. The students presented a fun quiz program on animal survival. There was way too much food. Mr. Kunisaki handed out certificates and gift bags to all of his students, and said something about each student, highlighting their strengths and how they each had made the year special...things they had worked on, etc. For Nate, he said, " This student excelled in all of the subject areas, language and math...if there was one student who could be counted on to know the answer, it was Nathan Siegel." Tom and I are just so proud of Nate, and I hope he is proud of the work he has done this year. It is a far cry from last year, when we were just praying for second grade to be over without anyone needing medication. This time I am genuinely sorry to see the school year end, and I wish Mr. Kunisaki could be Nate's teacher next year.

Nate produced his first-ever report this year. Each student did a research project on a different wild animal and put together a poster of their work. Nate's report was on Black Bears. We were so impressed with all of the posters we saw this evening. I think this was a valuable project for all of the students.


One more week of third grade to go! Then YMCA day camp begins. I leave for MIT in 2 weeks, and then for Shanghai a week after that. And, oh yeah, I need to find a job sometime in the next 3 months. If life starts to move any faster, I'm gonna need some Dramamine.