Buy 12 glue stick, 45 crayons, 6 reames of paper

[snickerd3]

^That's Tuesday for us.  

 

[Master slacker]

Tuesday will be kindergarten day 1.

 

[snickerd3]

I still can't believe snickette will start pre-K next year...it seems too soon.  But her bday is earlier in the year so she on the normal track.  Minisnick missed the cut off with an oct bday so he is one of the oldest in his class.  

 

[Supe]

Last year of elementary school for Junior starts in a couple weeks...

 

[snickerd3]

Last year of elementary school for Junior starts in a couple weeks...

what is the last elementary grade out there?  5th or 6th before going to middle school/jr high

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

We're a couple of weeks into the 3rd term of the year. Drives my son crazy because he plays a lot of online games with friends back in the US who are all on summer break. He knows they're home playing while he's at school and they have about 2 hours to play together before they to go to bed when he gets home in the afternoon.

Was a bit confusing when we first moved here as to what "Level" the kids are. We arrived in the middle of the school year, and based on their ages were put into the same mixed 5/6 class even though they were 2 years apart in the US. After a couple of weeks, my youngest got dropped to level 4 which seems to work well. The "levels" here are the same as the US, except they start with Kindergarten = Level 1. My son is level 7 now, which is the US equivalent of 6th grade.

 

[Road Guy]

We have only a 2 hour time zone and the online game thing was a bummer to them when we first moved here, as most of their friend would be getting offline way before they wanted to – thankfully mine don’t spend much time with the game stuff due to Hight School activities (band takes up so much of their time and they are exhausted when they get home) – Its so nice to not walk into a room with the kids shouting into headsets and playing that **** to be honest. 

& Having all 3 in HS this year there was no school supplies to buy! Only to bring paper and pencils.  We only have to buy one more POS TI Graphing Calculator for the Freshman. 

 

[DoctorWho-PE]

You don't remember the puberty talk? My kid came home with a booklet this year that included a line about how it might feel to touch the nether regions. 

Was yours sponsored by Old Spice?  Hab 1.0 watched the video last year, and got a little booklet from Old Spice that covered the basics, and came with deodorant.  He did not let mom look at it - Dad took him out to breakfast and they had a Q&A session.

 

[csb]

Was yours sponsored by Old Spice?  Hab 1.0 watched the video last year, and got a little booklet from Old Spice that covered the basics, and came with deodorant.  He did not let mom look at it - Dad took him out to breakfast and they had a Q&A session.

Yes! Nothing like the kid coming home with "Swagger."

 

[snickerd3]

Summer reading program minisnick was participating is having their Ice Cream party today.  I would have figured that they would have held it in city that is the county seat, and make everyone go there but i guessed wrong.  Maybe more of the participants this year were further away.  

 

[snickerd3]

Last year minsnick was anti-hot lunch.  So far this year, he checks the lunch calendar on the side of the fridge everyday and if it interests him he opts for the hot school lunch.  about 50/50 so far.  But never on friday....he doesn't like the rectangle pizza. 

I'm going to have to add more $ to the account sooner than I expected.  

 

[snickerd3]

I'm glad the daily in-class snack time is gone this year

 

[tj_PE]

Last year minsnick was anti-hot lunch.  So far this year, he checks the lunch calendar on the side of the fridge everyday and if it interests him he opts for the hot school lunch.  about 50/50 so far.  But never on friday....he doesn't like the rectangle pizza. 

I'm going to have to add more $ to the account sooner than I expected.  

rectangle pizza and chicken patties were my two favorites! haha

 

[snickerd3]

so far I like minisnicks teacher way more than his teacher last year.  last year was heavy on the homework, to do everything the teacher wanted the parents to do it was almost an hour each day and then 20 minutes of reading outside of books sent home.  This year the teacher upfront said official homework was about twice a week, then a reading assignment over the weekend.  Spelling would eventually become park of the routine, but other than 2-3 minutes of reviewing the rocket math sheet they took that day, that was all she was sending home to do.  

 

[Supe]

And here I am hoping Junior gets MORE homework!  They rezoned some kids, which then bumped the total count up without adding more teachers.  They had to pillage two teachers from 5th grade to bump them down to 4th, so 5th is short two people.  She's got something like 31 kids in her class!

 

[csb]

My kid's class is 28 this year, because sixth grade isn't included in the teacher-student ratios for the state. 

I went to Target Saturday to get school supplies and all of the 24-count crayons were gone, because they'd been on sale for 50 cents. I grabbed the 64-count, being okay with because he has his own desk. BUT! I found an abandoned box of 24-count in another aisle and did a victory dance. 

Seriously- we all have the same list for K-6, every school in the district. Just sell me a packet already!

 

[snickerd3]

good golly those are huge class sizes for elementary school.  minisnick has 17 kids in his class and is the largest of the 5 2nd grade classes.  

 

[Supe]

No kidding.  I think I had some smaller classes at Ohio State.

I convinced Mrs. Supe to spring for the all-inclusive supply box ordered from the school.  There may be about a $5 delta vs. buying it yourself, but not having to face the mobs at the stores sure is nice, and the teachers can't bitch at you for getting the wrong things.  

 

[csb]

good golly those are huge class sizes for elementary school.  minisnick has 17 kids in his class and is the largest of the 5 2nd grade classes.  

The ratio for first through fifth is one teacher to 15 students.  Sixth grade has no statute, so it's fair game. Same with kindergarten, which was 24 students. 

 

[Road Guy]

I didn't even attend the open house last week..... :thankyou: