Clover Street Chronicles: Last Day of School

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Last Day of School

The girls' last day of school was June 12th and honestly, we were all relieved that the school year was over. All four of us have been on a hamster wheel, seven days a week - between school projects, lacrosse, soccer and dance - and the end of school marked the end of just about every activity as well.
Lee and I are very proud of what the girls accomplished this year. Elizabeth participated in just about every school activity available to her: drama, band, soccer, art club and robotics. She also worked the hardest we've ever seen her work and brought home all A's and A-'s for the year, including an A in math, her first ever. Elizabeth has been doing an extra 15-45 minutes of math work everyday since the first week of September, which she absolutely hates (it is not unusual for her to cry her way through the problems); however, it paid off and while she still resists doing the work, she knows that it is making a difference. We are so proud of her for pushing through and earning that A in math. On the extra-curricular side, she made the travel U12 girls team (after getting cut last year), and then made the very mature decision to not play next year, because it is not fun for her anymore. After a very successful lacrosse season, she made the leap to a high level travel lacrosse program for the summer, which is far outside of her comfort zone. The first practice was a bit touch and go, but she was very energized after the second practice and we know that she is going to do great.
Emily also had a great year academically. Her teacher was simply amazing and pushed the third graders to do things that even their parents didn't think that they were capable of. Somewhat to our surprise, Emily really rose to the occasion each and every time, and also brought home all A's and A-'s for the year. She participated in every school related activity available to her and is really looking forward to learning an instrument next year. On the extra-curricular side, she made the travel U10 soccer team and the premier U10 soccer team for next year - for both teams, we were notified after the first night of tryouts that she had made the team and didn't need to attend the second night. She also had a great lacrosse season, although she doesn't enjoy lacrosse nearly as much as she does soccer. We are very proud of her hard work this year and we know how much she is looking forward to "time off" this summer to just sit around and do nothing.
Lee and I are truly blessed to have these girls in our lives and very proud of how hard they work both in school and on the playing field.