> No.  Just my copy of her 1st grade report card and
 > last year's testing scores.  She was in 4 different schools for K
 > and 1.  What's the point?  How much could a teacher in a large group
 > setting have observed about her that I would have missed in the
 > short time she> spent in the class?  I had some in person chats with
I think if there were any real reason to have a cume folder, in your 
situation, it would be only to keep the school from keeping it. :)  Whether 
or not there are any comments in the cume folder that are handwritten by the 
teacher depends a lot on the state laws (and the DOD laws, since she went to 
school on Gitmo, right?). In California, teachers do not write on the public 
school cume folders any more except to transfer certain things from the final 
report card to the hard card of the cume folder. No commentary - and I prefer 
it that way.
 > report for me .  I've got her signed up for our
 > homeschool group's presentation night on June 3.  They'll
What does she have to do that night? June 3....gee, that sounds so "early" 
compared to the schedule here....Escondido schools are out on the 14th but 
Poway isn't out til the 20th! ACK!
 > self esteem builder than anything.  I think the
 > recognition is probably the part she misses most about public school.
I think that would be the hardest for Jennifer, especially after this year 
(she represented her class in the school spelling bee, and had several solos 
in the school choir). But after hearing that CFS hosts both a spelling bee 
*and* a talent show, she felt a lot better.
 > accomplished reader, she attributed it to our reading
 > aloud "The Boxcar Children."  Funny how kids perceive things,
 > huh?
For her, maybe it was the key. You found a book she liked and she picked up a 
lot of things from it. Maybe it finally started to click for her with that 
book....ya just never know.
 > they all think he's great too!   PSSST!  Guess
 > what we did yesterday. . . traded in my Aerostar van for an Isuzu
 > Oasis!  We did
SMART MOVE! I hated the accident, of course, but haven't missed that Aerostar 
at all. Love my TransSport! The Oasis reminds me of my neighbor's van. I'd 
like that van if it would tow our tent trailer, but alas, it doesn't.
 > some other new lease vehicle.  Almost got a Trooper,
 > but the way the girls are growing we thought three across the back
 > seat might end up as a tight squeeze before too long.  I sure love a new
 > car .
Yeah, I hear ya there. Periodically, my husband takes the TransSport to work 
with him and I have to drive the Subaru. I carpool in the mornings. Four 
girls and myself in the Subaru is a *tight* squeeze....the youngest of the 
four girls is a tall 1st grader (every bit as tall as Kristin in 3rd grade)!
                                 -donna
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