Day 3.068: She ran away at midnight

It's the last working day of the winter and the girls' school was closed. Not because of snow - I think they only missed two days for snow this winter - a very low tally. No, it was student-guided parent-conferences. This is a chance for all the students K-8 to show their work and explain it to their parents.

Our first visit was in Exile #3's classroom, where she had picked out various pieces of work as examples, a book to read a passage from, her self-assessments for each subject (we've already had her teachers' ones) and it was time for the grand unveiling of a story project. Planned, written, then typed and mounted. The story tells of Olivia who runs away from home at midnight (just for fun it would seem). Maybe I will find a way to share it with you another time.

Exile #4 was also very proud to show us her work and demonstrate her reading.  There were two class-books they had made on black paper which were particularly arresting.  Here is her page from the book called "I am snow"

Now, its not quite 9pm, but the whole family is in the throes of a cold and I am planning a very early night but I'll keep an ear out for anyone absconding a three hours or so.