Friday, August 8, 2008

Diamond Backs Baseball Game

Jenna went to a baseball game last night with her aunt Jill, uncle Rob and cousin Joshua. They had pretty good seats and they had a ball. The Diamond Backs lost to the Altanta Braves but they are still in first place in their league. Conner Jackson hit a foul ball right in front of them and the Golden Glover passed all the boys yelling for the ball and gave it to Jenna. She thought that was pretty special. She had a wonderful time at the game and is loving being around her aunt and uncle.
Yesterday we went to the orientation, which was really just letting us know what the school has to offer by means of extra activities and how their system works. We were able to walk around the campus and find all the classrooms and to find her locker and get it opened. Of course her locker is on of the high ones and she is going to have to stand on her toes to get it opened. I am not sure how much she going to use it. But it will be nice to have once she has to carry all her books around. She will get all her books on Monday. They hand them out in the class. She is going to be taking Drama (theater) as her fun class. She may get bored because she has the same classes every day until next semester which begins after Christmas. Lucky for her she will be done with school for the year at the end of May. She liked that idea.
Her reading is going good. I am so impressed with how well she is doing with it. For a kid who taught herself to read in English. All I can say is "WOW" !!! I think she reads better in English than she ever did in Dutch. She isn't happy that I am making her read a chapter a night but it is going to help her in the long run. Papa Jim is even impressed!
I don't think she is going to have any real problem at school at all. She has a super positive attitude and ready to go.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Hi Girls!

Fijn te lezen dat Jenna zin heeft in haar nieuwe school, ik moet zeggen dat het mij ook erg leuk lijkt als ik het zo lees!
Jodie ik stuur je snel een mail!
Mark vond het leuk julie gesproken te hebben bij Jan vanavond!
Jenna, veel succes maandag op school, ik weet zeker dat je het kan. Je bent een kanjer!


Dikke kus!
Annita