4th quarter grades

I received their report cards in the mail yesterday. They both did very well with Phil getting all As and 1 B (an 87) and Jeff having 4 As and 3 Bs (but all in the upper 80s). We also received their standardized testing scores, you know those state tests they must take every year now. Phil met the standard (in the high range) in English, Math, and Reading and exceeded the standard in both Science and Social Studies. Just a sidebar - I was told by another mother that the social studies portion of the testing needed to be excluded from the reporting for our school this year because 66% of the students failed that portion. During our conversation (and not knowing Phil's score at the time) I said, well what about the other 34%? Guess what, Phil was in that 34% so congratulations to him! As for Jeff, he met the standard for only Reading and exceeded the standard in all others: english, math, science, and social studies!

What a great year. They've worked so hard and are very happy that summer has finally arrived. Congratulations to both of them!