School Celebration

Mason and Zach both attend the Antioch Charter Academy. We moved Mason to this school when he was in second grade, and it was one of the best moves we've ever made. The Charter School is a Montessori-based program as well as multi-aged program. It's a K-8 school so this means it is Mason's last year. The school just went through a major accreditation and held a "celebration", which they opened to the community to showcase some of the amazing things the school does. They really relied upon their students to showcase all programs the school has to offer. Mason did a power point presentation in which he shared what 8th grade is all about at this school. He was very impressive - even some high school teachers were impressed not only with his manner of speaking and ability to stay calm in front of adults, but also in his power point presentation skills (they use power point quite a bit in both 7th & 8th grades). I was very proud of Mason!

Zachary is a third grader - and usually the school only allows 4th graders and up to play an instrument. However, Zach and 2 of his friends are at the top of their class and doing so well that they were given special permission to play in beginning band. Zachary chose to play the trumpet - just like Dad! It was fun to listen to the beginning band perform, but especially to watch Zachary play. By the end of the day, however, he did comment that his lips were a bit sore! :)