Owen Goes to Third Grade!

The first day of school is special.

So special that I wanted each child to have his own post celebrating his first day.

Owen entered the third grade this week and is cruising right along.

The tiny football is all he has now.  He has lost 3...yes 3...regular sized footballs.   :-|

A backpack to match his glasses.  I guess he's not trying to blend into the crowd, huh?

Unlike Shane, he allowed me to go to the bus stop with him.  :)

Last year, he was in the middle of his vision therapy.  We saw so much improvement by the end of the year.  His grades went up from a c/d to an a/b and his reading level went up about two grades as well.  The inattention during class was also reduced.  We are lucky that Dr. Tsai was able to identify his vision related learning problem rather than label him with ADD or something similar so that he would sit still and be quiet in the classroom. 

Every year, the school has a word of the month and the students classmates vote for the classmate who exemplifies that word.  Owen was awarded for the last month.  The word was "perserverance" and I think he couldn't have received a more appropriate award.

He was very proud of himself as you can see.  As he should have been!

At the second grade award ceremony, he received the award for the most improved.  And I'd say that is pretty spot on!

These were two separate events but apparently Owen really liked this shirt!  ;)

Each Student of the Month receives written letters from his or her classmates.  Below are a few that I thought were really cute.  Apparently everyone knows that Owen is a football FANatic!

So this is a big year for Owen and the transition is usually huge between second and third grade.  I think that he will come through with flying colors.  Don't you?  :)