Conferences

Ericka's conference was today and she is doing good. She is on the honor roll and got a certificate for perfect attendance. She will be tested for the Highly Capable program after the Christmas break. They don't do an actual IQ test but they do several different tests to see how they perceive written language, how they comprehend difficult social concepts and a bunch of other things. I'm really curious to see how she does. Her teacher, like most of the others say she has one heck of a stubborn streak and likes to do things "her way". NO... REALLY? Like I haven't figured that out by now. She's definitely opinionated and no one is spared, she tells it how it is and oh well if you disagree, she reminds me of her father. Her teacher gets a kick out of her and says that Ericka makes her work harder but in a good way. They have a person who comes in and "coaches" Ericka on how to work on more difficult types of assignments. Like Nate, if she isn't busy she just gets in a funk so they are doing what they can to keep her busy and motivated to keep improving. So far it seems like this is probably the best school she has been in. It's too bad that she only has this year left before going to middle school. Now that will be a trip!