2014_01_28 Tuesday

It's snowing in ATL!!! There isn't a ton of accumulation quite yet, but the city is completely freaking out. Jonathan is getting out of school 30 mins early and with no after-school activities, which stinks for him and is very disruptive to all the parents for no good reason. Kids won't have school tomorrow. No one seems to know how to drive here, and no one has appropriate weather clothing either. whoa!

Oh, I am fuming. Jonathan's bus didn't leave the school until an hour after today's dismissal!! He's still not home. He should have been home 35 mins ago on a normal dismissal time! It's after the time I should be picking him up from after-school programming now, and he's still not home! He is over 1.5 hrs late, and there is no communication from the buses, the bus captain, the transport liaison, or the school. On a day like today!? The lack of communication is infuriating; I am so made I'm shaking! I have been freaking out b/c there was just nothing coming from the bus/school (and his teacher had left early to retrieve her own son); for all I knew the bus was crashed somewhere between home and school...or J was sitting at school waiting to be picked up...or...who knows what b/c no one communicated!!?

 

From Elise's school:

We stayed in South America today and journeyed to Colombia. The language spoken there is Spanish. X shared that she knows how to speak Spanish too! The kids learned that coffee is grown in Colombia. X didn't know that coffee started out as a bean and warned his friends that kids aren't allowed to have coffee. There are many great festivals in Colombia. Elise said that she's been to a flower festival and it was a lot of fun! The kids learned about traditional Colombian clothing. A ruana is a poncho-like garment worn by many Colombians. They are used to stay warm during the day and mat also be used as blankets at night. The kids made their own ruanas during art. X shared that she has a blue blanket at home and it's very snuggly. We also had cutting practice. The kids carefully used their scissors to cut a paper that showed a squirrel trying to get to an acorn. X carefully cut around the acorn to keep it intact for the squirrel. Keep practicing at home, remind the kids of proper hand placement on the scissors and to keep their elbows down instead of in the air. The kids were wonderful in helping me welcome Ms. X to our class. They each told her about their pets at home. X shared that sometimes her dog barks when she's asked to go into her cage. X shared that his dog is big and tired all the time. X said that his dog is shorter than he is.