Auri's activities, grades and phone issues :)

Auri has been keeping excessively busy. She tried out for MCT's Suessical production along with 75 other kids for a total of 5 roles....tough competition!! She was quite disappointed with her audition performance, as she feels she did not do her best (she was VERY nervous). She is still taking voice lessons, but has finished dance for now. She is currently helping the school track team as a manager. As a manager she goes to all the practices and meets....basically after school everyday til 6pm and some Saturdays. She travels to the games with them. However, I have forbidden her to miss school on chemistry days, as that class is very hard and she missed so much last quarter that it really effected her grade. I am such a mean mother :)

Auri is currently out of town with the school band/choir. They are traveling to Washington to perform in a music festival and work with a well know director there, as well as making several stops along the way to perform at local venues. She will return Sunday night, and has a choir concert at FHS on Monday night.

I am proud of how well she is blossoming here in Frenchtown, but have had to remind her that school is top priority and she can not let her grades fall due to her social calendar. On that note, her grades are as follows:

Spanish 2 A
Geometry B+
World Hist. (H) B
Health A-
Choir A
Band A
English (H) A
Chemisrtry (H) C pleasure to have in class

In the 3 classes where she did not get A's, she had missing and late assignments (especially in Chemistry).


Auri and her phone.....the continuing saga. Auri has ruined another phone. She lost it at her friends last week and now none of the buttons work. So she can not make calls or read messages. I know that you are all aware of the frequency of this dilema. Jan and I refuse to buy another phone for her and I do not believe that her buying another phone is the answer either. So, I had a discussion with her about phones and personal responsibility. After much contemplation, she accepted her role in this problem and how she can avoid it in the future. She has decided to treat it like her ipod (which is always charged, working and on her person or in her purse). Her alternate choice is a kiddie phone with 4 preset numbers and no texting.... :) needless to say, she is not excited about this option :)