Hollinger-Langmuir Family News

Katelyn’s Open House

The Mills HS Open House was last night. As usual, the “entourage” went: me, Val, Kathie, Glynis, Susan, and Adrien. It was amusing introducing the “gang” to the teachers, especially those who remember a slightly smaller group from Back to School Night in September. It was chaotic as, for some reason, they’d scheduled the 8th grade (incoming freshman) orientation and tours for the same night. I guess  it was more convenient for the staff to only have one evening they needed to be there, but it sure made it more crowded for everyone!

We were a bit disappointed based on expectations from elementary and middle school. At previous Open House events, you go and see a bunch of the kids’ work posted in the rooms. You get to see projects you didn’t even know they’d completed, and to compare their work to the other kids’. This really wasn’t the case. It seemed to be just a chance to have a short chat with the teachers (really short, since there was a line waiting to talk to each one), and see if the classrooms had changed much, which they hadn’t. At least we got to meet Katelyn’s history teacher, whom we hand’t met before since she just started in that class this semester.

Katelyn is turning in her registration form for next year. She needs to take a language, and has decided on Japanese!

 

March 16, 2012 Posted by | Jason, School | Leave a Comment

Homework Hell Week

Some weeks are just worse than others. Usually Haley has just a few things to do for homework. She had 7 separate assignments on Tuesday evening, and had a mess-up with turning in a packet of work from the last 3 months. She’s pretty stressed this week.

Katelyn has also had a lot. Last night she spent hours making a scale model of a book. She’s a real perfectionist which meant it took even longer, but it’s really quite good. I’ll try to post a picture at some point.

March 16, 2012 Posted by | Haley, Jason, School | Leave a Comment

If it’s not one thing, it’s another (furnace woes)

If life wasn’t already complicated enough…

Our furnace started malfunctioning yesterday. I got home around 5:30 and it was 85 degrees in the house; the furnace just refused to go off. So we had to shut it off at the source. Luckily we still have our home warranty so I filed a report online and got a call from the repair people at 9:30 this morning. They’re coming this afternoon! At least I seem to have a meeting-free day so it’ll work out. Especially for Katelyn, who left her Geometry binder at home; I’ll run it down to the school before the repair people arrive.

 

March 16, 2012 Posted by | general, House, Jason, Marilyn, School | Leave a Comment