Presley

We had Presley's conferences tonight. We were both excited to go to see what Mrs. Kuhlman had to say. Mom came over to watch the girls and we headed out! Of course, we were not surprised to hear that she is a good student. She listens, she follows directions and she is doing great academically.
For her 'fall assessment' they want her total 'score' to be at a 40....she is at 51.

She exceeded expectations in all reading, writing and comprehension areas and meets the expectations for overall character and math areas. Her teacher was VERY impressed with how she is doing and seemed excited to challenge her over the next 6 months.

They rate their books from A (easy) to F (hardest).....she originally started Presley out with B books and she flew thru them. She is now in the D/E/F books. They bring home one book a day in their 'reading level' and they are supposed to read it to us at night. The last 2 nights she had brought home F books and does way better than I ever would have thought!

We weren't completely surprised by how good she seems to be doing academically. We are normally more worried about her socially. Mrs. Kuhlman says she has a lot of friends and she would've never known that Presley had rough dropoffs b/c by the time school starts, she is completely ok and ready for the day! She did see that Presley isn't always confident, which we figured so hopefully she can work with her in getting her more comfortable and not afraid to be WRONG!

They get 4 sticks a day for good behavior, they have to pull a stick if they are mean, not listening or disrespectful. They can earn extra sticks for being nice or extra helpful. I would say 90% of the time she gets her 4 sticks a day. 9% she gets an extra stick....and today was only the 2nd time that I'm aware of, that she only got 3 sticks! I'm almost proud when she pulls a stick b/c then I know she is acting like the 'real' Presley! (which isn't a thing good most of the time!) I guess she told another kid that she 'wasn't her friend anymore!'....when she thought the teacher wasn't listening! HA! Good for her for trying to do it when the teacher wasn't listening, good for the teacher for hearing her and 'punishing' her for being mean to her friends!

We are SO proud of how good she is doing and amazing at how much she is learning and how much she knows. She surprises us daily with the thoughts and information that come out of her mouth! As much stress as this girl gives us, we want nothing more than for her to be happy and confident in herself! Love you Presley Grace!