Caturday School Partner

So this was back in the 2021-2022 school year while they were still remoting due to Covid.

Lady Grey decided to join Newbie in class as they were listening to a video presentation.

So she had a shouldercat for a good portion of this class.

-FF

Visual Arts Contest

School events in the post-covid era are still a little lacking during the 2021-2022 school year. Fully masked and vaccinated, Little Miss braved an art competition though.

And she was awarded two “Superior” ratings and one “Excellent” rating for her entries.

Basically the top marks she could get without then being sent to the state level competition!

-FF

Remote Schooling

It’s certainly been an interesting year as Covid settled in and normalized completely different things… like remote school.

Newbie immediately settled into next to me at my desk like 2020 but Thunderer had a little time adjusting before taking over Redflare’s desk.

Part of the problem for Thunderer, I think, was that she and her cousin were remote into school together at the dining room table last year, so settling into any one place reinforced that her partner wasn’t here anymore.

Next year, now that everybody is vaccinated, we’ll be going back to physical school entirely, so we’ll have to get ready for another readjustment, but I think it’ll be for the best. They’re all ready to go back at this point, so barring some unique new strain, physical school will be back in our lives next fall.

-FF

Homework Companion

Don’t mind Thundercat, Snow, he’s just going to lay over all your distance learning stuff to ensure he still gets attention too.

He was even considerate enough to curl around the keyboard access.

-FF

School Days

Can’t write about the start of school without highlighting the whole group in a picture!

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Kindergartener

Kindergarten has been a bit of a difficult transition for this one.

She’d rather stay home and play than go to school I think, but when she does go, she does a great job.

-FF

Third Grade

Third grader Newbie steps out.

She still looks super young in this picture. Last trimester conferences came recently and while her teacher didn’t outright say she’s one of his favorites, the praise he heaped on both her intelligence and demeanor showed she’s probably one of his favorites.

-FF

Fifth Grade

Next in birth order line, Superman started fifth grade for this school year.

It’s changed him. Not negatively, but we can see the maturity setting in. The future middle-schooler who is working harder to get good grades.

-FF

Sophomore

Little Miss, meanwhile, is now a sophomore.

She’s still top of her class, working hard, dancing, and amazing.

-FF

Senior Senior

Time continues to move forward, and our eldest started senior year this year.

At this point it’s almost over… but 2020 has proven to be… well, quite the long year already. I think he feels it that way too. He’s ready, and he makes us proud.

-FF