Tinsae is enjoying kindergarten and is continuing to excel. He recently won a "Responsibility" award that his teacher nominated him for and was presented a cretificate from the principal and honored at an assembly with the K-4th grade students.
At our first parent-teacher conference, Mrs. Valente told us that "he is a great role model and takes rules very seriously." No argument there! She also described him as "very bright and an excellent independent worker." The areas that he needs to continue to work on are his speed of completion of some tasks (he definitely works at a careful pace) and attempting to write more full sentences instead of just single words or short phrases. His second report card was just mailed home and I'm sure he'll receive glowing remarks again.
Tinsae is also enjoying a basketball clinic here in Hamilton every Saturday afternoon and has been working on his dribbling and shuffling his feet for defense. He really enjoys it and is looking forward to showing his "skills" to Nana and Grandpa when they visit this weekend.
Another person adding to their already long list of life accomplishments and honors is my dad who on Friday will add the distinction of Guest Lecturer at Colgate to his resume when he comes to speak with the students in HIST 354: History of Coffee & Cigarettes. Obviously, he'll be covering his decades of knowledge with the first topic and not the second one. Congratulations, Dad - I'm proud of you.
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