First Day of School: 6th and 8th grade - August 26

 The kids are heading back to school in person for the first time in 1.5 years, since March 2020.  Avalon is really excited and Archer is a bit nervous.  Archer is starting middle school, so it is a lot of new changes this year!  

Archer and I went into the school a couple of days early to get a tour of the school and walk through his class schedule.  On the first day of school, Archer said he is so glad we did the tour because he was feeling a lot less nervous.  It was very helpful to him to know what to expect and have know where all his classes were located.  He even drew a map of the school when he got home noting where each classroom was on the map.  Check it out.  

The first day of school was August 26th, but the kids also got to attend an orientation day on August 25th because it was the first time for both of them at Ames Middle School.  Yep, Avalon's first year at the Ames Middle School is in 8th grade since she was remote all of 7th grade and she attended 6th grade at Summit Middle School in Coquitlam, British Columbia in Canada.