Awards and Accomplishments

School is out in two days and we are very excited it is almost over! The past two weeks have been crazy to say the least. I only have three of my children in school, I don't know what we will do when they are all in school! We finished our last awards assembly/ Kindergarten Graduation today. Abigail is very glad to have everything over with. She used to do pretty well at sitting through all of these things, but the past two weeks have been over kill and she has been a nightmare! When I tell her to be quiet she yells no and starts screaming. Unfortunately this has also carried over to church, so I was not able to sit in the chapel for church either. Anyways, Justin finished the year as the top reader of Kindergarten. He was very excited. He had 64 AR points, 30 of which he earned the last four weeks. He was given a STAR test and is reading at a third grade fourth month level. We are proud of him and all of his hard work.



Tyson was able to do Battle of the Books and the Talent show this year. He really wanted to do both last year, so was very excited to finally be old enough to. His Battle of the Books team won the school level and got second at the district level. It was a tough loss because they only lost by 1 point. You can tell by the expression on his face just how tough it was.



Tyson decided to do a comedy act for the talent show. He dressed up like a "Purple People Eater" and did a dance. It really was funny to watch. When he told us he wanted to do it I wasn't sure if it would work or not, but I am glad I didn't stop him from trying. Everyone thought it was funny and a lot of the teachers couldn't believe he had it in him. Jeff and I don't know where that part of his personality came from because neither of us could have ever done such a thing! He completed the year with straight A's and a 100% on both of his TAKS tests. We are proud of all of his accomplishments.


Tyson also had to do the living museum. This is where kids pick someone to write a 2 minute oral report on and give. Tyson chose Ty Detmer.


Emily started last week off with a performance in the musical Beauty and the Beast for choir. She was a server, and didn't have a big part, but did well with what she was suppose to do. I thought everyone did a great job with their parts.

Last Thursday she had her district competition for Battle of the Books. They won the school level and went to Amarillo for the district competition. They won by about 20 points. The second place team was also from FMS. She was very excited about the win, and we were very proud of her. Jeff was able to come and I was thankful that he did because Abigail didn't want to be quiet and I was kicked out of the first round. It was nice to have someone to trade off with so I didn't have to sit outside for the whole competition.


Emily had her first FMS awards assembly last night. I finally got smart and had a babysitter for Abigail so I didn't have to take her. Thank goodness I did because there were over 300 kids getting awards. They went in alphabetical order so I was very thankful our last name is Cluff. Emily got 9 awards at the awards assembly. We were very proud of her and all that she has accomplished. She works so hard at everything she does.