Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Progress Report

Today Scott and I went to our first official conference with Boylee's teacher. (Boylee stayed home with a sitter.) Here are some highlights:

Boylee has perfect attendance so far. That's kind of a surprise with all the hysteria over illnesses this year.

For all of the Social Skills and Learning & Social Behaviors, Boylee scored "A," which stands for always. This is for phrases such as, "Shows respects for the rights of others," "Seeks help when necessary," and "Collaborates with a variety of peers." Stuff like that.

For all of the academic subjects -- Language Arts, Math, Arts, Social Studies and Science -- Boylee scored 3s and 4s (on a scale from 1 - 4) which mean "Progressing towards understanding and application," and "Demonstrating understanding, consistent application, and independence."

He got no mark for PE, since he broke his arm in the third or fourth week of school, and has only been cleared to rejoin PE at the end of this week.

Here's what the teacher wrote:
Boylee is a cooperative student and is making progress in all areas. He is showing interest and enthusiasm for the things we do. He volunteers often and speaks with confidence to the group.


In particular, the teacher noted that Boylee stood out in the ballet portion of their dance curriculum. She said the dance teacher was enthralled with his focus. (Right now they're working on the Hora, so I guess ballet is over for now.)

The one area of improvement she suggested? Boylee needs to be slightly less social when the kids are sitting on the carpet.

1 comment:

Nana said...

Ah, yes, it can be hard to be less social, when you're a very social kid! Well done, Boylee!