Banner Week!

Warning: This post is not intended to be a big brag session. I suppose dedicating a whole entry to one child's success is bragging, so for that I'm very sorry! But this has been quite a week - and truthfully we may never see so many wonderful things happen for one child again in the same week - so I felt it really needed to be documented.




Weeks like this don't happen very often for most people - if ever. This week, Sarah experienced a "banner" week:

• It started Monday when her teacher told me that she tested best in her entire class for reading. (clicksmart; it works.)



• Then Tuesday, Miss Y asked if Sarah would bring a book each Wednesday to read to the class, on her own - this is something only Sarah will be doing right now. Wow!!



• Wednesday Sarah brought a book and read it all by herself and did great.



• Thursday was the day she received her cheer uniform and pom poms and truly committed to being a West Gilbert Mountain Lion Cheerleader.



• And Friday, something happened that Sarah had been waiting for a very, very long time. Sarah received her first Principal Paw! Sarah's school teaches six pillars of character. Respect, Responsibility, Caring, Fairness, Trustworthiness and Citizenship. Principal paws are awarded to kids who best master the pillar being taught that month. Each time the paws have been awarded Sarah has been crushed that she did not receive one - she felt she has been respectful, responsible and caring. And she has - but not everyone can get a paw each month and the paws go to the student who MOST exhibits the pillar. Well, this month Sarah received a principal paw for Fairness. It is her favorite color - orange. As Sarah told the story, Miss Y said: Who never complains when she doesn't get a turn. Who never cries when she loses. It's Miss Sarah! Of course this made her day and topped off her wonderful week.

What a week! Go Sarah!!