born to be a star...



star student.  the most coveted title in kindergarten.  on friday, february 18th, miss priss got the shock of her little lifetime when it was announced that she would be the "star student of the week".  she was so excited.  hearing her recap how she found out was priceless.

mrs. s:  "this week's star student had a little bit of trouble at the beginning of the year.  she couldn't sit still on the carpet.
ava:  i don't think it's me...
mrs. s:  "she has been showing so much improvement!  She is always helping me in the classroom, and helping other students."
ava:  that is definitely not me.
mrs. s: "so this week's star student is ava!"
ava: i can't believe it is me!!!

priceless, i tell you.  we had lots of fun projects for the next week in order to make her "star student" week extra special. 

monday:  make a special poster showcasing your star student and their family.

tuesday:  complete the interview paper. the star student will be interviewed by mrs. s in front of the class.

i was surprised that she chose "ABC's" as her favorite song.  when i questioned her, she rolled her eyes and said "mom, you have to sing it in front of the whole class, and the ABC's are easy!"

wednesday: bring your favorite toy/game to share with the class.

 

again, i was surprised that she chose aurora as her favorite toy.  she is quite the tom boy, and i was thinking it would be buzz lightyear or her baseball that went to school.  again, she rolled her eyes and explained that the movie of sleeping beauty was awesome because the prince kills a dragon to save aurora.  duh, mom.

thursday:  bring one sample of your hobby/collection/interest to share with the class.

this was NOT a surprise.  girlfriend has over 100 sillybandz.  that she is not allowed to wear to school [my rule --- i loathe silly bandz, and don't want her getting in trouble for playing with them at school]  she was so excited to get to take it to school, even though she was only allowed to take one :)

friday:  bring your favorite book to be read to the class.

ava loves this book, mostly because she can read it cover-to-cover all by herself.  she was excited that she would read it to the classs instead of mrs. s. :)

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on friday, buddy bear got to come home with ava from school [ bb is part of the star student -- we got him a week late because the star student the week before forgot to bring him back to school :) ] honestly, it worked out perfectly because bb comes with a journal and you write about what fun things you did with bb!  so we took bb to brad and sarah's house!  he got some play time with preston :)

he also got to tag along with aunt sarah, ava and i to see justin bieber's never say never in 3D [ aunt sarah's reward for ava being star student :) ]

she was a little sad when it was all over. it was great to see her so excited about school and learning that if you do you best, you will be rewarded :)

star student or not, we are so proud of our little nugget!

"if i could reach up and hold a star for every time you've made me smile, the entire evening sky would be in the balm of my hand". - author unknown