End of an Era

The last day of school marked the end of another great year at Siena K-8. Since moving here in 2008 and its opening that fall, we have loved Siena and have had a great experience with the teachers and programs. This was Jackson's last year at Siena as he will be moving on to Lake Hazel Middle School next year (tears from his mom). He was privileged to have Mrs. Lenon for the fifth grade and I was so impressed with the wide range of interesting and fun projects and topics their class covered. Jackson was always bringing home a new project to work on. We had an earth model made out of fruit, various book reports ranging from cereal boxes and commercial to paper sandwiches; he had to memorize all the states and their capitols (a personal favorite of mine), and study U.S. History. She was a fabulous teacher for Jackson. Jackson also received the Presidential Award for Academics. Way to go Jackson!

Ellie had the party class this year. For the 3rd Grade Ellie had Mrs. Logsdon. She is a very fun teacher and their class earned many parties this year. They were seriously having pizza almost once a month! They also worked hard to earn those parties. Their class walked over 900 miles collectively to win the Mileage Club award! They also earned several awards for the most donations, participation, etc. Ellie had a blast with Mrs. Logsdon and did great in her school work. Ellie earned an award in the elite 25 miler club--those students who walked 25 miles or more during the year. Way to go, Elle Belle!


This was Thomas' first year in elementary school--Kindergarten! He has Mrs. Bott and we were a little nervous at first because it was her first year teaching Kindergarten (she has taught 7 years of Special Ed. before this). My worries were completely unfounded because she was fabulous! She had high expectations for the little kindergartners, but Thomas quickly found out what he needed to do and made sure he did it! He is now my most responsible child about homework and other items that need to be returned to his teacher. He had such a fun year, making lots of new friends since he only knew a few kids in the class when the year began. Thomas also made it into the 25 mile club! Way to go, Tommy!


Right after we had our annual last day of school picnic lunch at Siena, we ran home to load up the car and leave on a trip to Utah to visit family and go to Lagoon. See next post for details of the big trip and Jacob's first birthday!!