Anna and Rachel finished their gymnastics class yesterday. Rachel received a medal and Anna received a ribbon (shown above). There was no competition to earn these. These were given to all of the children simply for participating. We purposely chose a non-competitive program because we wanted their first experience with gymnastics to be one of fun, not competition.
Next Fall we plan to enroll them in dance and continue them in the non-competitive gymnastics and then after the first quarter, let them decide which they prefer as we believe one extracurricular activity at a time for each is plenty. They have loved gymnastics but we'd like them to try dance too and see if they enjoy it as much or not.
I met with Anna's teacher this morning for the end of year Teacher-Parent Conference. She had a glowing report. Her teacher was very complimentary to Anna's cognitive abilities, creativity, and behavior. We'll continue to work with Anna over the summer on writing, etc. so she'll be ahead of the game when she starts kindergarten in the Fall.
We also received notification today of the result of the evaluation of Rachel for the Gifted program. She was selected for it after a lengthy evaluation which has been going on for months now. And, her enrollment in the Gifted program begins in the Fall when the school year starts.
We are proud of both girls and their accomplishments. They have worked hard all year and we are glad to see them both excelling.
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