School Archive

Today, on our calendar, there’s a big 13. Thirteen days until the end of school. Already the homework assigned to my first-grader has ceased, while Field Day, the Art Show, and end of the year parties have been scheduled. The kids are looking forward ...Read More

I joined an exclusive club this week. A very special club. The “I-am-a-Field-Trip-Chaperone” club! Jealous? Maybe a little bit jealous? The story is this: last year, my then-kindergarten son had a Field Trip to a local children’s science museum. His teacher asked for parent ...Read More

Today, I forgot my kid at school. The story is a classic scheduling screw-up–specifically, my screw-up, my parenting fail–caused by an extra busy time at work, by stressors in my personal sphere, and by an imperfect calendaring system. Here’s what happened: my son, R, is ...Read More

We did it! The first day of kindergarten finally arrived today. I didn’t cry, though I’ll admit that when we walked onto the playground and saw all of the kids and their families gathered together to go into the school, I almost lost it. ...Read More