10th Grade coming to an end!

The second part of this year has been the worst year with CapoCA. Amy had to take the CHASEE testing which put her 18 lessons behind immediately, add to that illness, injury and a horrible skin infection and we just are so ready to call it quits for the year. She is currently about 15 lessons behind which is good considering she was close to 50 behind at one point. Talk about stress!! Her grades are still good and she is still a member of NHS. But there has not been much room for fun stuff this semester. Each weekend has been dedicated to catching up, service projects, portfolios, etc. So, the good news is that Amy passed the CHASEE tests, both of them, the first go round!! So very proud of her, so this next year she will not have to worry about falling behind due to testing. Studying payed off for her big time. She will be taking Geometry this fall so I ordered myself a geometry textbook to brush up on the subject over the summer. I will more than likely be calling Lisa B. alot for help! It looks super confusing!! To encapsulate this year; we went to Italy, which was awesome to be able to do that for a month while school was in session. Amy got her permit to drive, we made it through the year without any broken bones, just a bunch on injuries and weird infections. She made new friends and lost some old ones. She discovered some new learning techniques and really improved on her time management skills. I will post how she does on her finals, until then take care!

Happy Presidents Day

As I write this I am cozy in my pj's and am drinking a nice, hot cup of tea. The weekend has been busy but full of fun. It is always nice to have a few days off from school!

We took advantage of this time off and caught the late showing of Arriety, I highly recommend it!! We also spent alot of time as a family, caught up with some friends and just relaxed. I hope everyone else had a wonderful weekend as well and that everyone is nice and rested up for tomorrow.

Cat

End of First Semester of 10th grade

Wow! The time has flown by! We started the school year off a little early this year, thanks to Lisa Way, who allowed Amys classes to be unlocked so she could work before school started. This was done because we, as a family, had made plans to travel to Italy for the month of October. And we did! It was so nice to be able to board the plane in October and not have to worry about any school for the entire month.
We had an amazing time and I know we could not have done this type of trip is Amy was enrolled in a traditional school.
We saw beautiful works of art, ate gelato every day, walked the Spanish Steps and prayed in cathedrals that were around before the Renaissance. Just amazing!!
So now we are into finals week and I have scheduled the classes so much differently this year. Very relaxed, one final per day and just letting Amy get up when she wants to and allowing her to have as much time as needed to complete her work. It is soooo much better.
I know that once the new semester starts this luxury will change a bit, but for now as long as she gets her work done by June I don't mind if she runs a few lessons behine each day. I am so over that "got to have everything in by today" mentality. It just caused way too much stress.
So, I hope everyone is doing well and that your semester has been good. Now that I am back and things have fallen into place I will post more regularly.
Until then,
Happy Learning!
C