Dear Parents,
So it happened. Some of your kids “graduated” tonight and I won’t be seeing them again except perhaps in the maintenance program scheduled to begin in November. We had all but three of the kids and it was clearly an action packed evening. We started off where CP, CH, and CB, who had begun this “talk show” format with other group members, continued this and that occurred for about the first twenty minutes of group. Then we transitioned and took a walk over to Libbit Park where your kids played a form of touch football using a Frisbee.
They immediately took out horseshoes and attempted to play badminton. We stayed there for about half an hour and then took a walk over to CPK, which is where they had elected to have dinner. Everyone seemed to be in a pretty good mood and a lot of kids were talking with other peers whom they had not necessarily interacted with much previously. You all received final updated parent rosters and you may want to ask your kids if there are other group members who they would like to get together with.
At CPK, they were incredibly well behaved. Some of the kids shared crab cake appetizers and fancy looking pizzas. Others simply just enjoyed meals by themselves, but everyone seemed to be patient and was having simply a good time. It was GS’s birthday and we decided to have two cakes. He likes strawberry so we had a strawberry shortcake for him complete with candles and then we had a second chocolate fudge cake. Of course nearly all of the kids wanted some of each so I was assigned cake cutting duties and sliced it up as quickly as I could for them, barely keeping up with the demand.
We did the parent pickup across the street at John O’Groats because we were looking for a safe, relaxed place so parents could talk for a few minutes if they wanted to and that worked out wonderfully.
They immediately took out horseshoes and attempted to play badminton. We stayed there for about half an hour and then took a walk over to CPK, which is where they had elected to have dinner. Everyone seemed to be in a pretty good mood and a lot of kids were talking with other peers whom they had not necessarily interacted with much previously. You all received final updated parent rosters and you may want to ask your kids if there are other group members who they would like to get together with.
At CPK, they were incredibly well behaved. Some of the kids shared crab cake appetizers and fancy looking pizzas. Others simply just enjoyed meals by themselves, but everyone seemed to be patient and was having simply a good time. It was GS’s birthday and we decided to have two cakes. He likes strawberry so we had a strawberry shortcake for him complete with candles and then we had a second chocolate fudge cake. Of course nearly all of the kids wanted some of each so I was assigned cake cutting duties and sliced it up as quickly as I could for them, barely keeping up with the demand.
We did the parent pickup across the street at John O’Groats because we were looking for a safe, relaxed place so parents could talk for a few minutes if they wanted to and that worked out wonderfully.
As you can tell, it was a busy time and it was a little sad to see those of your kids who I won’t necessarily see again leaving. But it has also been wonderful having a chance to see how each of them have grown in different ways. Thanks so much for all of your participation and support. And perhaps I will see you sometime in the future. Our next group for the summer will begin in July and will run through early August, and then we will have a school year group for 2010-2011 that begins in October. Best wishes to all.
