Jackson the Superstar

The first week of September,

I was chosen as the "Featured Leader" of my class.

I got to color this poster,

fill it out,

and share it with the class, 

along with some pictures and a few of my most prized possessions

(I took my preschool graduation tassels)

I love school!

From Mom:

We had our first parent teacher conference today.  Aaron and I know Jack loves school, Mrs. Burbee, all his friends, riding the bus, and being a Leader and a Husky at Highland Park.  He has been working hard on his sight words, printing his name, letters and numbers, and sounding out and writing words.  We thought Jackson would have a good report, but we didn't expect how GLOWING it would be!  On a scale of 1-3 (3 being best), he got all 3's except in handwriting (he got a 2).  Aaron and I teared up several times listening to Mrs. Burbee gush over his excellent work in class and his sweet and caring demeanor towards her and his classmates.  But our proudest moments was hearing about Jackson, the Lunchroom Leader.

A few weeks ago, Jack told us he got a Golden Ticket for doing his job so well.  He has had classroom jobs for years at preschool, so we tried to tease out what exactly this job was.  He said he was in charge of pushing in chairs in the lunchroom.  He also said no one had received a Golden Ticket before so he wasn't sure what it meant.  Mrs. Burbee told us the whole story.  At the beginning of each school year, each teacher choses one student from the class to be the Lunchroom Leader for the year.  Mrs. Burbee saw something special in Jack and chose him.  When the announcement was made over the school intercom, Jack went to the orientation for the Lunchroom Leaders.  However, when he got there, he was told only first through sixth graders could be Leaders and was sent back to class.  Dejected, he returned and sadly told Mrs. Burbee.  She was determined he could do it and called Mrs. Mollett (the principal) to ask for an exception.  She agreed and back to orientation Jackson went.  And he has been a star!  The Lunchroom Leader releases each of his classes' tables in the cafeteria to throw away their trash and clean up their table.  He makes sure the table is clean and chairs are pushed in.  Then, he takes his place at the head of the line and leads them out to recess.  The other Lunchroom Leaders and adult cafeteria helpers have complimented Jackson on his terrific job.  His name has been announced over the intercom to the entire school as the Kindergarten Lunchroom Leader.  And he earned the first Golden Ticket for his stellar work.  We were so proud!!!