On a happy note...
Warning: The following is pure parent pride. Yes, my daughter is brilliant, advanced, wonderful, perfect... okay, okay, not perfect, that was an exaggeration... but the rest is true. Honest! Read on, you'll see... ;)
Yesterday was also our turn for parent/teacher conference.
Dun, dun, DUN!!!
Are any of you buying that? No? Well, I didn't really think so. I wasn't too worried about it considering EVERY single piece of homework/test/classwork, etc. that has come home so far has been 100% (Or better, she has done extra credit and gotten 103% before. lol). But it is always good to connect with the teacher, to hear what observations they've made, concerns they do have, etc.
Acadia's teacher, Mr. D. tried to start out by telling me that he didn't know how I could stand to have such a horrible daughter and that it was pure torture to have her in his class. lol When I failed to convince him that I believed any of that (I did try, I told him that I warned Cadi that I was going to meet with him to hear how awful she was.), he caved and told me that he loves having Cadi in his class, that she is a wonderful student, responsible, pleasant, helpful, yada, yada, yada... pretty much, he said she is awesome. ;)
He showed us her WASL scores for 3rd and 4th grades, all of which were excellent. And he pointed out her 3rd grade math score, which he swears is the highest score he's ever seen. (I believe his exact words were, "I didn't know that the score even went that high.") Pretty much, he's told Acadia that if she has a question, she needs to voice it because if she doesn't understand, he knows other kids must not either. But he assured me that he is making sure that she is getting challenged so she can continue to progress instead of having her stall while the rest of the class tries to catch up. (That was one of our concerns.) And he is also having her help tutor another classmate who is struggling, which is something I am very pleased about and Cadi seems to be enjoying it, too.
Reading and writing were much the same. He showed me a couple of her written essays and it was obvious he was very impressed by them. He loves her writing, loves the words and descriptions she gives... when I get those essays back, I'll have her type them up on her blog. Even though I know she is creative, I was even impressed at the quality of her writing. (I may or may not have mentioned that I knew someday her "dramatics" would pay off. lol) And reading, well he said she is reading about 7th/8th grade level, which we were pretty sure of anyway since she loves to read and is reading books that are more and more advanced. Reading and writing are easy for her to continue improving on because she is able to choose what books to read and she can write whatever she feels to write, they aren't limited by what a text book teaches or what questions are on a test, so we're confident that she won't be held back in these areas in any way either. :)
We've never really been concerned with Cadi academically, our concerns have usually been about how she works with others and tends to want attention from the teacher. But Mr. D. hasn't seen any problems this year. That was probably the biggest improvement we've seen in the last year or two, and that was great!
All in all, Acadia is a great student and is continuing to learn and grow. She is a trusted student, active in leadership and safety patrol, as well as helping other students who are struggling. We are very pleased with her. Way to go, Cadi! :)