Swing Out! - GVSU Orientation

Lately I've been turning down a lot of sub jobs because I'm trying to get an editing job done. But Wednesday they were in a pinch in a special ed room that I had been in before and had a great time. However, this day I felt like the worst sub ever. If anyone has ever worked with impaired kids they know that taking them out of their routine is a very tricky thing to do. Since the teacher left quickly and didn't leave a lot of instruction the aide and I did our best but we had many tears, attitude, and lots of bosses. Somehow we made it through, thank goodness for an open computer lab, we took the group down and let them all have some free computer time and that finally chilled everyone out. Go figure. Below are a couple shots of my new little buddy Maddy and me as we waited for her bus to arrive. She has CP but it doesn't slow her down a bit, she is a delight to be around and actually quite smart albeit her physical limitations hold her back from displaying it fully.

After school the boys and I went to watch the kids swing out.

We waited anxiously with slushies in hand on an extremely hot afternoon.

Finally we could see the band!

Then all the seniors, without their robes because of the heat....

There's our girl in the middle of the picture with the plaid top.

Yesterday was Parent/Student Orientation at GVSU. It was fabulous, I am so excited for Alex and she is pumped too. It definately paid off to get it done early as she got an awesome schedule for her freshman year. NO classes before 11am, none on Fridays for the Fall and only one from 11-11:50 on Friday in the winter. She passed out of the university writing requirement because she did the English AP test which was cool, and did not have to take the Math placement exam. She also found out she'll be in a suite and not traditional housing which she is very glad about and she got the names of her suite mates to make contact with over the summer.

Freshman Classes: Math 110, Intro Psychology, Environmental Science, Intro Communications, Roman Civilizations, Creative Writing, Spanish 101, and Logic. She may still add into a choir class too but has to check into when they are offered. She also applied for her on campus job, so we're off to a good start.

Her BFF texted her when we got home and told her she got her cords at the Class Night so her final GPA is apparently over 3.0 and she was also awarded a Michigan Competitive Scholarship which is $625 per semester. The financial person that spoke with us at orientation however, said they have not received word if the state is going to honor those scholarships yet so I don't know if the high school knows something GVSU doesn't or they just went on automatic.