Parent Teacher Conference

Today we had Parent Teacher Conference at the boys' school. We first met with Mason's teacher Ms. DeRosa. Mason is doing very well in all areas. His teacher has recently started giving him more advanced math to keep him challenged and she is also starting up an advanced reading group the he will be in. We have always heard how bright Mason is and how he loves to learn and gain knowledge. Mason does have his struggles and this summer they came on in full force. We tried many different strategies to help him pay attention and to be able to follow directions more fully but when school started and he would come home and say he was having a hard time listening when his mind wanted to day dream we couldn't deny it any longer. I had done plenty of research over the summer and he seemed to fit the ADD profile. We filled out the paperwork and so did his teacher and he was medically diagnosed. He started on a low once a day dose of meds and what an improvement! We are so proud of him and all of his hard work. I know some people are against medication for ADD/ADHD but for us we feel it has been the best for Mason. He has never struggled in school before but school work doesn't get any easier either. And we feel that if he had some other horrible disease we would treat that so why not this? Just how we feel.

We met with Trevan's teacher Mrs. Orr also today. He too is doing very well. He is a totally different child at school than he is at home. Here he says he can't do anything, meaning write or read, but at school it is a different story. He it one of three kids who know all their sight words, letters and their sounds, and he can count to 100. He also is well behaved at school too, so nice! (some of you have heard the Mason horror stories!) He also has a girl who loves him. She always tells him how handsome he is and blows him kisses daily! Before school started we had a Kindergarten Tea where the students got to meet their teachers, well I took Trevan but this little girl was not there that night. Mrs. Orr thought that it was funny that we would bring Trevan and not his twin sister Alaura Burns! Mason tells Trevan that if he married her she would not have to change her name! Too funny!!!

All in all two very good school reports so far. We are so proud of the boys and their efforts in school.