Howdy Night

Tonight was Howdy Night at Eric's school. It used to be called Meet the Teachers Night, but I guess maybe they thought "Howdy Night" was more Texan or something. We only received notice yesterday, Wednesday, of who Eric's teacher was, via a postcard mailed to our house. Last year we didn't get that postcard until after Howdy Night. We had to go to the school that night to ask which classroom to go to.

We were a little disappointed that Ms. R wasn't Eric's teacher. When we went back to the public school system from private school six years ago, Ms. R was Alex's fourth grade teacher. She really impressed us when about a week into the school year, she already knew that Alex was way beyond what she taught the class, so she gave him different work to do so he could stay challenged. We were also disappointed when Natalie didn't get her for fourth grade. She started teaching second grade last year, so we were hopeful that this would be our year--but no. Ms. C is Eric's second grade teacher for this year.

We'll have to wait and see what sort of teacher Mrs. C will be for Eric. She said in her info talk about her class that she was trying a format with less structure for the second year in a row. That might benefit Eric because then he can just go at his pace. We already know that strategy won't benefit a classmate of Eric's--someone who was in his class last year and is in his class again this year, someone who NEEDS structure. Ms. R already told us to watch what is going on in Eric's class. We'll see how it goes.

For now, Eric is excited that a couple of his classmates from last year are in his class again this year.