May 29, 2014
Finally finished eight grade. Onward to the future…onward to the summer!

Promotion to 9th grade….

A musical performance by the Jordan Middle School Choral Program. Amelia received two awards: the Jordan 8th Grade Choral Leadership And Outstanding Choral Musician Award and the Jordan Choral “Expression” Award. Congratulations!


For leadership in the choir!

For most expressive singer in the 8th grade choir!
[First day 8th grade at Jordan Middle School]
Here it is at last! Awesome teachers, more responsibility, more things to carry, more things to learn.

So beautiful!

My classes this semester are: Spanish, Physical Education, Pre-Algebra, Social Studies and English.
[Meeting teachers and learning about her school schedules and the things they’ll learn. So much to look forward to. They’ll have a much heavier homework load and will need to be responsible for their assignments, study and projects. All of her teachers are excellent but I was particularly happy to see one her teachers from 6th grade teaching them English. Her math teacher is superb! I’m very excited to have richer and deeper conversations about these subjects – I will try to supplement the course material with documentaries, movies, literature, music, National Geographic magazine articles, visits to the museum and other events. She’s starting to piece together the music, religion, science, inventions, food, customs, history, events, wars, and breakthroughs of particular periods of our civilization. The main point is that all these dimensions inform and interact with each other going down through the ages.]
| Period | Class |
|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish 1A |
| 2 | Science |
| 3 | Pre-Algebra |
| 4 | P.E. |
| 5 | Social Studies |
| 6 | English 7 |
| 7 | Choir |
| 8 | Advisory 7 |