At the kid's school, they are encouraged to read and participate in the AR (Accelerated Readers) Program. They read books, take tests on those stories and earn points. This begins in the 2nd grade/ Each year, Christian has easily met the amount of points needed to go to the game. This year, the 5th graders had to have 100 points. Fifth grade has been a big adjustment for him so he quickly realized his focus was more on regular school than AR. We encouraged him throughout the year to read extra when he could, but he was pretty resolved that he just wasn't going to make it.
Well, about one week before the deadline for the points to be turned in, he decided he wanted to go so he read frantically to get to the deadline. The deadline was on Friday and the librarian allowed a few kids who were close to have through the weekend to finish up their reading and take the test on Monday. Christian took his final 2 tests on Monday and finished with 100.6 points! Whew - talk about cutting it close.
This past Tuesday, Matt & I went to the Sounds game with him. We had a fun time, saw a great baseball game and enjoyed our last (sniff, sniff) Sounds game with Christian (unless they do this in the middle school and we aren't aware of it). Anyway, I took a couple of pictures and thought I'd share them with you.
Before the game begins, they let the kids walk around the field as an AR Readers parade. Christian enjoyed seeing in the Sounds dugout. .JPG)
Love this picture - Christian & Matthew
Christian & Tristan enjoy the Sounds game (and funnel cakes!)
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