The Busyness of Sixth Grade

She's so excited to learn to play the violin.

Sixth grade has proven to be totally different than any of the other elementary years. Sarah is in a great class with nice kids in it. This is a change from her class last year and it has been so nice to see the difference it has made in her and her happiness. She had some great friends and that is so important. Not only has her class been better, but sixth graders get opportunities that the younger kids don't get. Student council is one of those opportunities. Sarah wanted to try out for student council and at first I was tempted to tell her no because we don't know how long we will be living here, but she wanted it so bad that I went ahead and let her try. She was so excited when she learned that she had made the student council in her class. It means early morning meeting on Monday, being hall monitor every now and then, selling beef jerky once a month during lunch on Fridays, and  doing morning announcements. Sarah loves it and the lessons in responsibility she's learning has been good for her.

Another exciting thing about sixth grade is the option to be in the orchestra. Sarah wants to do all the opportunities provided her at the school so, of course, she desperately wanted to be in the schools orchestra.While Kenny was in DC I took Sarah to the meeting to learn what orchestra is all about. We ended up going to the local music store and buying her a violin that night. She was so excited and couldn't wait to learn how to play it. I'll have to post videos when she's learned a few songs.

Pretending to play the violin.