Only half the students are going to school two days a week, Monday and Wednesday, while the other half will go Tuesday and Thursday. Fridays will be for help and teacher preparations. School is short, there is no hot lunch service, and if they choose, students can go to school completely online. That means we've got two days at school, and lots of days at home. We would rather be at school every day, but there are lots of concerns, so we'll do what we can.
Brandt began high school and Blythe began junior high. It's amazing to me how fast time has gone. Blythe has been a bit anxious about finding her classes, having friends in her classes, and feeling like it will all be too big and different. Brandt has been less concerned. They both have been very ready to go back. In order to help with the nerves, I color-coded their classrooms based on which days they have classes, Blythe having an A day and a B day, and Brandt having Even or Odd days. Blythe has ten classes, five each day; Brandt has eight, four each day.
They were both up in good time this morning, in spite of the fact that no one has gone to bed at a decent hour in the last 158 days. I made muffins and we sent them out the door, ready for a new school year. Actually, Kent drove Brandt over on the scooter. Blythe met Lilly Bradford and they walked to school together. Even if they don't have a class together, at least they can walk to and from school, talking all the way.
When I got home, I inquired how it all went. Blythe needed help finding her first class, but was able to follow the map to all the others. She had to eat lunch in her classroom, without the chance to see who else has lunch the same time she does. She has Maggie Davidson in her first class, as well as the three "most annoying boys" from Rock Canyon. She'll feel right at home. She's got a fun schedule, with electives Film and Literature, Speech and Debate, Painting, and both World and Ancient Civilizations. Sadly, because of Covid, she doesn't get a locker and she doesn't get to stand around chatting before and after school.
Brandt was able to find his four classes. He has Woods, which will be hard to do online, Seminary ("It's like church, but at school!"), and Theater and Technical Arts, also hard to do online. He knows a couple of people in his classes, and because lunch is at the end of the day, he just came home and ate. He walked home which is awfully convenient.
We hope it will be a good year. We hope we get to the point where the kids can be there all day, every day. We hope it's not all shut down in two weeks because of an explosion of Covid cases. We hope, we hope, we hope.
Our ninth grade Freshman!!
Our seventh grade middle schooler!
Two parents seeing their offspring off to a new adventure!
In addition to being the first day of school, it is also National Soft-serve Ice Cream Day. We went with Mikayla and her crew to get ice cream. It was hot hot hot today, and the ice cream melted really quickly. We all ended up covered in ice cream.
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