Friday, October 2, 2009

Our little "Longwood Leader"





Mark & I were proud parents this morning, as we witnessed Zach become a "Longwood Leader" in front of his whole school. Longwood is the name of his elementary school and every month at a Spirit Assembly they honor a leader for each class who over the course of the month has displayed a certain character trait. This past month was for 'cooperation' and Zach was chosen by his teacher as she reports he is "so cooperative." Wish I could say the same for at home...

It was such an honor to watch the stunned look on his face as she called out his name. We had chosen not to tell him beforehand, as I was concerned it might cause a bit of anxiety about having to go in front of the whole school. Not only are we proud that he was chosen, but more importantly we are just so proud (and relieved) at the progress he has made since those first few weeks of school when we had excessive crying and even one day needing to be physically removed from my leg by a teacher to get him to go inside.

He seems to be enjoying his days at school and we feel we are blessed with the teacher he has, as she has been sensitive to his needs and helped make this transition a smooth one. Long may it continue!

2 comments:

Bradi said...

Yay Zach! So cool~

scutler said...

The first of many more proud moments I'm sure!