In honor of Phoebe

 Phoebe has been a busy 7th grader this year. Despite her first misgivings about the whole schedule thing and Jr Hi in general she has done a fabulous job transitioning. She is doing great and even thriving. She has been fortunate enough to have a few great friends who have remained steady these last few years. This group of girls is not quite like the typical. Level headed, fun loving and studious, these kids are genuine and loyal. I think she did a great job picking friends.

She had a great sleepover party with some of these friends after the annual sock hop at school. They got to dress up for it all day too! There are not too many non uniform days in Jr. High so that was a special day.

 Olivia got to dress up too.

 Phoebe is excelling at piano. She has such a nice touch with it and plays so well. I enjoy hearing her practice even if it is the same piece over and over until she thinks it sounds right. She is playing more and more complex pieces and despite her complaints (normal for kids and music lessons) she really does enjoy it.

At our school the seventh graders are all required to do Science Fair. Not just any Science Fair, they all have to do a project that they could enter in the Regional/State Science Fair. Dave actually helped to institute this during his 8 years teaching at the school. Not all kids like it, to be expected, but it is shocking the number of parents who complain. Really. Well, it was a fabulous experience and I think it provides excellent training grounds for planning, executing a plan and presenting your ideas. Phoebe did Engineering. Robotics to be exact. She designed her robot for use in rescue work. Pretty cool. We are so proud of her for building this thing her self and for doing all this work and not once complaining. I think she really liked it. It was a lot of work, more work than another sort of project would have been. But, my kid is anything but typical. She is extraordinary. To prove that, not that she needs to mind you, but she did win second place in Engineering and won three other awards as well. She goes to Regional in March. Needless to say, we are very proud of her.