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Don & I attended Back-to-School night this week and had a chance to meet Quinn\’s teacher Mrs. Carroll.

The word around school is that she is very strict but I really liked her and thought the negatives were really positives.

She makes it clear to her students what she expects of them…and she expects alot.  She pushes each student to do their own best and will never give a student work that they cannot handle.  Fourth Grade is also about being organized and managing time and projects and she works with the class step-by-step to master this.

Quinn\’s 3rd grade teacher was very artsy and free flowing and we really liked her.  Quinn\’s 4th grade teacher is very organized and strict and we like that too.   Oh, and she has a BS in Science so YES to science!  And she has a 3D printer!  Fun!

Here are Quinn\’s 4th grade goals:

1 – Get better handwriting
2 – learn to type with a mouse in my hand
3 – teach my dog to get what I say
4 – learn how to make my own pancakes

There were lots of moving parts.  Here was the area where you could create rain, wind, thunder, and lighting.

Turning the giraffes head.

Loading them two by two.

Kids were encouraged to touch and climb everything.  Here was a special room for climbing.

Quinn had a great time in Noah\’s Ark.

On to the Paul Simon exhibit.  There was a special room set up where you could play along to Paul Simon\’s music.    This was Quinn\’s favorite part of the museum.

It was fun to re-mix some of Paul Simon\’s biggest hits.

There was a huge room full of his handwritten songs, memorabilia, and all sorts of other Paul Simon stuff.  It was a great new discovery!

Today Quinn entered the 4th Grade!  Look at our handsome dude.

I have heard all good things about his teacher, Mrs. Carroll,  and he has a couple of friends in his class.    Mrs. Carroll told the kids that she used to be the scary and strict teacher but now she is the funny teacher.  They thought that was pretty funny!  Quinn really liked her.

His best buddy Hayden is in the class right next to his so they will get to see each other every day!

And the traditional first/last day of school Baskin Robbins.