School is in

We have started school and I think it is going well.  Josh seems to like it but is having some social issues at recess.  This is a bummer since he loves to be social.  However, on the acedemics he likes it very much.  But he still wants to go back to his old school next year.  He wanted to move sooner but I told him thee was no space at his old school so he is ok with waiting until next year.  Then if he still can't go to his old elementary the following year he plans on attending the Middle School.  The Academy they are at right now will eventually go up to the 8th grade.  Josh will be going to the BIG middle school. 

Josh also received the notice for flag football so he is going to be doing this as well.  He will still continue to do cross country on his days off so they can keep him on the roster until we know for sure.  He likes to do the running and he is doing great at it.  He started with only being able to do a 1/2 mile around and now he is up to a Mile and 1/4.  which is great.  So I hate for him to give it up and yet he really likes his football.

Brandon is doing well at school.  However, there is one teacher that I am worried about.  She has a way that I just sort of clash with.  Maybe it is the way she says things or maybe I am too sensitive.   I walked in the school the other day and her words to me were "Brandon missed his detention."  What my Brandon had detention?  Turns out it was for another teacher at recess that he missed the detention.... So why was she telling me this and not the actual teacher?.  The teacher that gave him the detention showed me the sheet he needed to do and we talked to Brandon how important is was to get done and he smiled and said he would.  We got it done right away. 
This other Teacher_ Miss B (give her a name) always has assignments that look HUGE... but when you piece it out it is not that bad.  However with a child that becomes so overwhelmed quickly... this is a task.  She sent home a 12 page project and wrote Brandon needs to finish.  I looked it over and I asked him if he did this in class.  He said yes but it was too confusing for him.  I think he is afraid to ask for help or does not know how to ask for help.   It was a bunch of maps with different directions on each page.  It really wasn't anything difficult but you could barely read some of the maps... so I pulled out ours and we used ours to answer.  I have a feeling over time I will be clashing with this person.  All his other teachers are on board.  Time will tell. 

 

Meeting with Teachers

I got to meet with Brandon's teachers.  They all (but one) seem to be really considerate and trying to understand Brandon's disability.  They don't get it, because he does fine in school or as a parent calls it.. holding it together.  The meltdowns are for me!!  Only me.  I think they understood though that Brandon does seem to get a bit lost and confused and that constant consistant repitition is key.  I think they will see it more as school wears on.  They do see that he is unorganized or that he needs some prompting for task but overall not too out of place.   They have more quirky kids at the school.

We shall see over time how this goes.  I don't think I explain myself well enough.  It is hard for me to express myself with 5 eyes upon me to talk to people.  I am not explaining myself here.

I just got off the phone from the kids old elementary school  and yes I am going to noon aide over there tomorrow for the first day of school.  This should be interesting without my kids there.  We did go by the school the other day and well it made Josh cry.  He misses some of the friends he had there.  I think part of that was he had an issue or problem with one of the kids at his new school and it made things hard on him.  It all takes lots of time to figure out.  I give it another month and we shall see where we stand at the new school.

We started school!!

We have had two weeks of school.  However, only 3 days in each week.  So this week we are going all week.  Brandon is having a difficult time with it.  His emotional stge is really beginning to show.  He is struglling with the other new students but seems to be doing ok with the teachers.  This is great.  Time to adjust to everything new and see where we go.  He likes his new technology class and that is cool, one of the main reasons we are going to this school.  I have a meeting today after school with all of his teachers and I hope I feel like I accomplish something.  Will post later.

Joshua is loving his new school.  I think he really enjoys new challenges.  He likes his teacher and he is enjoying the new routine and making his mark.  I think he will like it and he even talks about next year!!  YEAH