Relaxation...

So, it is the last week of summer school, and in a few short days Miss Kat will be headed back to Utah to visit with family. We are having a simple Sunday at home, allowing all of us to just hang out. Well, Miss Kat was attempting to finagle an extra bit of candy out of Dad and I. (She is allowed one treat a day, and she knows it.) So, she says "Can I have a Fun Dip?" So, we start tut-tutting about the one treat rule, and Miss Kat comes back with "It would be soooo relaxing. Remember last time I had a Fun Dip, it really helped me relax".

Seriously? What kind of argument is that?? An adorable one...and now she is off enjoying her candy treat...

The Principal's Award

This year at graduation/honor's day, Miss Kat was awarded a great distinction. She was given "The Principal's Award". She earned this accolade by making greater than 1 year's progress in 1 year's time, in ALL AREAS of her standardized testing!!!! She also received the "President's Award for Educational Achievement" and "High Academic Achievement Award" for "superior achievement in reading comprehension, total math, language and listening,"

In addition to that, we just got her reading assessment (Woodstock Johnson III) back, and she has made tremendous progress. She scored withing the normal range in three areas, and huge gains in all of the areas. In fact, she went from a score of 71 to 87 in "Passage Comprehension"! She gained an average of 5 points (a score remaining the same from year to year indicates a full year's growth) but as high as 14 points (in Reading Comprehension)!

Way to go Miss Kat!!!

Advanced Bionics Naida CI Q70

AB is rolling out their new device, and here is the user guide. It is extremely in depth and has about 60 pages!

http://www.advancedbionics.com/content/dam/ab/Global/en_ce/documents/recipient/AB_Naida_CI_Q70_User_Guide.pdf

A name change

Miss Kat told us today at dinner that she wanted to change her name. She wanted something "fancy". We inquired if she had a name in mind, and she did. She says that we must now call her (drum roll please!) MARSHA!!!

She said that it is fine for the teachers at school to continue to use her given name, but that we should send a note explaining that the students would be calling her by her new, and improved name. (We would hate for those poor teachers to be confused by the goings on!)

She also found this at dinner!

What an excellent fortune cookie! Amazing!!!

A New Holiday

Miss Kat has decided that she is looking forward to "Children's Day" in July. When pressed about it, she declared that "children's day" is like Father's Day and Mother's Day. She should get breakfast in bed and "lots of presents".

(It is in July because Mother's Day is May, Father's Day is June, so Children's Day must be in July.)

3 Mythbuster pigs

Miss Kat had science fair last week, and here she is explaining her experiment. 

Fundraising!

Transcript: Hello! My name is Katrina. I am deaf. I go to Central Institute for the Deaf. My school costs a lot, but doesn't turn away anyone. Can you help CID? You get yummy pizza or pie or cookies!