School Open House

Open House was held this evening for most of the Durham public elementary schools on the traditional schedule.

It was hard to find a parking space, but once inside, we found everything worked smoothly. The assignment letter had the room number on it, so we used that to find the classroom. We met the Boy’s new teacher, and she seems fabulous.

I confirmed that the teachers came back to work this past Monday. They had teacher in-service all day Tuesday, leaving very little time to get classrooms together and organized for Open House. That’s a tight schedule.

I filled out several forms while the Boy did a scavenger hunt to find his cubby, the in-class bathroom, the media center, etc. What a creative way for the kids to learn their way around. There were cookies and stickers.

On the way out, we picked up a t-shirt and Friday folder (homework and other materials go back and forth in the Friday folder).

This morning, he was fussy about starting a new school. As we left the Open House, he said he could hardly wait 4 days for school to start. Now that’s a successful evening.