Morgan as Student of the Month

Student of the Month Video sent by NanaP0722

My daughter, Morgan, received a Student of the Month award at her school today for overall academic achievement.

Morgan got her Student of the Month award this morning. It was pretty cool. Very touching. The teacher wrote a little explanation, which the principal read. It said that she got the award for doing consistently well in all of her academic subjects, all at the same time. They then said that if there were an Olympic medal competition for overall academic achievement, Morgan would be bringing home the gold. He wrote that last month, when it was more timely. It brought tears to my eyes... just a few, though! Having had one kid go through these things before has toughened me up a little. I used to cry at band concerts! Now I manage to maintain my composure a bit more!!

I "recorded" Morgan's part with my Sony DSC. The picture isn't so great, but you can hear the principal pretty well. Note, they're only allowed to one clap for each student, so that everybody receives the same amount of applause.

Ma fille a obtenu un prix d'étudiante du mois pour son travail à l'école. Voici l'enregistrement vidéo de la directrice lisant ce qu'a écrit son prof principal a son sujet. La vidéo n’est pas terrible, mais on entend bien ce qu’il avait à dire à propos de ma fille. N. B. ils ne peuvent applaudir qu'une seule fois par élève, pour que tout le monde en reçoive les mêmes accolades.

Merci, Julie70, d’avoir donné l’exemple des vidéos dans ton blog !

I talked to my sister, Michele, the night before last. We had a nice chat. She's such a sweetheart. I am going to fly her and my niece, Gabrielle, out here for a few days in June. Probably during the week that Morgan is (hopefully) participating in the Young Women in Science camp. Morgan's going to go to Camp Quien Sabe the week before that, and it is an overnight camp, as opposed to YWS, which is a day program. We'll spend a couple of days with them, here in Monterey, and then head up to San Francisco for a couple of days. Morgan loves the Exploratorium, and Gabby is 6, and will probably like it even more. We'll do some other kid stuff, like go to the zoo, and then they'll leave and head back to Minnesota. Morgan's grandmother and I are trying to work it out so that Morgan can fly back with Michele and Gabby, probably on July 2. That would be great for all of them, I would think. Then, Morgan'll spend the following three weeks in Wisconsin, to return on my birthday, before heading off for another week at Camp Quien Sabe in Toro Park. Monterey schools start back up the first week of August, and I am not yet sure when Juniperro Serra starts for next year, but she'll be here and ready to go!!