Havar, fall, 2013
Principal: Ilila Peterson; Primary Teacher K & 1: Jasmine Frankson; Primary Teacher 2 & 3: Henry Mendenhall; Primary Teacher 4-6: Rosemarie Mendenhall
Primary Students: Breckin Grey and Esther Dawson are in 6th grade; Chase Dawson, Amyra Dawson, Jennifer Kent, Jessica Kent, Lara Grey and Matt Sweeny are in 5th grade; Lilly Ana McMillian, Alia Shae Wilsonoff-Sagacious, and Udar Shazad are in 4th grade; Ana Rayne Wilsonoff, Jeremy Kent, Lora McMillian, Indira Grey and Craig Smith are in 3rd grade; Jacob Carr, Richmond Grey, Lesia McMillian, Olivia Humphrey and Christopher Smith are in 2nd grade; Abigal Carr, Vivienne Humphrey and Robin Wren are in 1st grade; Ari Wilsonoff-Sagacious, Ava Wilsonoff-Sagacious, Owen Smith and Maisie Smith are in kindergarten.
Work was underway for a new school building and the eventual hiring of an additional teacher.
Until those plans manifested, the teachers made due with their classes.
Every teacher had a full class of at least 8-10 students, the max number of students any one teacher could handle.
Ilila knew that the student population would continue to grow and that she might be losing a teacher for a few simlonic months when Rosemarie went on maternity leave to be with her twins.
She couldn't worry about that too much, it was parent-teacher conference time which was added stress on the teachers.
For the most part, the reports were generally good.
Well behaved students with grades that were not issues at the moment.
Sometimes there were reports of improvement in behavior
as a student found their passion and
was able to apply their energies to that
as opposed to terrorizing other students.
Other times the behaviors had not changed and there was still the same report of "behavior needs improvement".
All of that was to be expected considering that the children were in fact children, not miniature adults. They were still learning to control their impulsiveness and that loudly passing gas was not socially accepted behavior.
But being able to discuss progress as they grew from little kindergartners with no concept of standing still in a line, to sixth graders who can monitor their own homework and successfully bring it to school...most of the time.
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Lucky this school has such dedicated teachers, who are still able to keep things running under trying conditions, like being short on space! Still, I bet they'll all be glad when the school is finally finished.
ReplyDeleteLOL, Faith doesn't look too happy in that parent/teacher interview!
Lol, Faith can't help but be unhappy, Olivia is a little terror still, thankfully Vivenne takes after her father. Thanks for reading and commenting.
DeleteI love the idea of doing the parent-teacher conferences. You have SO many kids! They sure sound like they could use all the help they can get.
ReplyDeleteThanks, I try to have something new and different for the kids to do since sometimes their gameplay isn't as interesting. Thanks for commenting and reading.
DeleteYou do have lots of kids, don't you? Kulo Seeri has - count 'em - one. It must be hard work for your hood's teachers, but I actually really envy anyone who has that many Sim kids running around causing trouble. No doubt my one kid does too. :)
ReplyDelete(By the way - now my hood and blog are back on track, can I ask you how you manage to get so many pics? I really want to take more but I'm out of the habit. :/)
They do cause a lot of issues, there are so many of them running around! I usually just take photos of everything, I actually don't think I have a lot of photos. Thanks for reading and commenting.
DeleteIt can't be easy for Rosemarie to handle the little kids while she's pregnant!
ReplyDeleteThe parent-teacher conference was a really nice touch! It shows that the AV teachers care.
I don't know how she does it, especially with twins. I can barely breathe with one! Thanks for commenting and reading.
DeleteI haven't been around for a while (I mostly hang on Live Journal) and it's so nice to see what has happened since my last visit. I started with this update - but I am going to read backwards now.
ReplyDeleteWelcome back, there have been lots of changes going on. Thanks for reading and commenting.
DeleteOlivia cracks me up! Faith was destined to have at least one that was a firecracker like her! She should just be lucky that Vivienne isn't that way too!
ReplyDeleteThe kids all look adorable, so many of them!
Rosemarie did great while pregnant, that could make for some long tiring days for sure.
Lol, sometimes I feel bad for Faith, but she caused her fair share of trouble. Thanks for commenting and reading
DeleteThe teachers are teamplayers for enduring large classes, while patiently waiting for the new school.And especially Rosemarie who is expecting twins and a full load of students.The parent-teacher conferences are a great idea.I am glad they went well.
ReplyDeleteThanks, the conferences were fun to do :) thanks for reading and commenting
DeleteSchool seems so intense now with all the little tykes running around and learning. I can only imagine what a relief a new school building will be to the teachers.
ReplyDeleteYes, more room and more teachers :) thanks for reading and commenting
DeleteOh boy, you have such a huge crowd in that school. :) Everyone will probably be thrilled to have a new school building.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to have a separate primary and secondary school, it gets crowded :) thanks for reading and commenting.
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