Academy of Math & Science sent us Nathan's transcripts and state test scores on 8/1. I forwarded those on to Legacy. Nathan will be taking a geometry readiness test this week. If he performs well on it, he and the one other kid will be taking Algebra, but the teacher will give them individual instruction on Geometry.
We were so impressed with Nathan's state test scores! His ELA score was 2600 out of 2648. He is highly proficient. His Math score was 3714 out of 3739. Also highly proficient. He is so smart!
So Nathan's first day of school was yesterday. It was half a day since all Wednesdays are half days. He didn't like it that much. He obviously wants to get out of his 8th grade math class and get into Algebra/Geometry. They didn't have time yesterday to do the Geometry readiness test, but he should be taking it today. He got overheated during the day and didn't have time to refill his water bottle. PE is his last period. They were inside yesterday, but the teacher said most days they will be outside. Nathan was concerned he would get overheated in PE being outside in the heat since he was already getting overheated in the morning. The other days he will have a lunch period so he should be able to refill his water bottle then. We called the school and they gave him the option to change his elective PE to something else (3D art like sculpting, music, Spanish or study hall). He chose to stay in PE. I am not sure why he wouldn't want the study hall. It may come in handy when he joins sports later in the year and needs time to get homework done. He said he is the only student in his Coding class who knows any coding languages. He taught himself a couple of coding languages. One kid in his grade was at Leman with him and another kid went to AMS with him last year. So at least there are a couple of kids there who he knows. Clubs have not been determined yet. They need to see what clubs teachers and parents are willing to lead. Nathan decided against playing Baseball at the start of the year. He realizes that it is more difficult than it looks and he has never played on a baseball team before. He doesn't think their team will be very good this year either because a lot of the good players graduated last year. He is interested in playing soccer and volleyball again, which are later in the year. We got there pretty early yesterday because we didn't know how crazy the first day would be. There was no traffic so we sat in the parking lot for awhile until they opened the campus. Picking him up, however, took a lot longer. I got there about a half hour early and was waiting in line the whole time. Today we left the house later. Traffic was worse today and so we had a long wait to drop him off on campus. I think we will have to leave later than yesterday, but earlier than today. I would rather sit in the parking lot than sit in traffic. Hopefully, next week things will start smoothing out and the drop offs and pick ups won't be as bad.
