Fall Family Weekend

I mentioned we were going to participate in Fall Family Weekend at Dan's school RMA, so I thought a short report was in order. It started off with a parade and flag ceremony which we chose not to attend, we got in the picture just in time for the speeches and introductions by faculty and administrators. Then mercifully it moved on to reportcard distribution and a little time to praise or reprimand your kid whichever was in order, fortunately for us it was all praise. This was followed by parents taking on their kids schedules and attending each class for a sort of group conference with the teachers. You could tell it was a tight spot for the teachers as they seemed to apreciate the abreviated schedule. That part was interesting to me just to see and meet some of the other parents and observe some very tough questioning by parents and the diplomatic skills of the teachers most were quite good. A nice lunch was served at the upper school then 1 on 1 conferences with the teachers, this is Kirsti's area of expertise, she knows the right questions and I sort of stand back and take in the results with an occational question or comment. The overall picture there for Dan seemed quite positive he is barely clinging to a B average but his grip is steadily improving as time goes by. The classes are challenging for him and the skills neccesary to do well are mostly new and he appears to be rising to the occasion. We were very pleased that in every class his participation grade is at least 98%. He has a generaly good attitude twoard school and is showing a real effort in all areas. So far Kirsti and I consider RMA to be one of our best decisions and couldn't be more pleased with the whole thing. It is still relatively new to Dan and us but are hopes are high for continued success.