Petersbery Writing Award

Last week Annika received an award for her 1st grade class for creative writing.
Here are some pictures.

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Vikram Got Student of the Month

Vikram got a Student of the Month award for his class.
Here he is accepting his award!

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Annika the Math Wiz

Annika received a Math Achievement award for her first grade.
Here she is with her teacher Mrs. Shattles.

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Reading Counts

Well, we’re back home and adjusting to the time zone shift.
The kids all of a sudden have picked up a voracious reading habit.  Here is the three of them hanging out on the sofa in the evening reading.  No coaxing or urging required - just genuine interest.  It warms my heart!

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Walk to School Day

Today was International Walk to School Day (IWALK)! I have the day off as I’m driving to Moab this afternoon so I walked the kids to school.  It is about a mile each way.

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First Day of School

The kids started school this week. Nikhil and Vikram are in 5th grade and Annika is in 1st grade.
They are happy with their new teachers and have their friends in their class.
Here is Annika with her friends.

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Math and Science at UC Irvine

The kids just got done with Math and Science camp at UC Irvine. The boys did experiments on copper pennies. They made their own mold garden consisting of old cheese, mango skins, stale bread etc. They also built a cardboard roller coaster.

Annika also attended and made ice cream, experimented on eggs and vinegar and [...]

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Graduation

Last week, Anjali and I went to Ayushee’s graduation from Oxford Academy. She graduated with distinction and received several scholarships to the school of her choice, the USC Medical Program.

After the graduation ceremonies, we went to The Melting Pot for dinner.
Congratulations to Ayushee!

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