What's Up With Dan?

Dan has had a good start to his 7th grade year. It is a big deal to be at the Intermediate School. Maybe more so for me than him. I did NOT adjust well to 7th grade but I am happy to report he is doing much better than I did! He is on student council and is getting to know his teachers a bit which has helped the beginning of the year anxieties! For the first marking period he pulled all A grades and worked pretty hard for that. Dan's greatest interests, besides computer games, air soft guns, boy scouts and making you-tube videos include the cello. He is going into the 3rd year of cello at school. In 5th and 6th grade it was taught early morning twice a week. This year he gets it daily. He is also the only cellist currently in strings for both 7th and 8th grade... NO pressure! They had their first concert on Oct 18th and I must say for no formal one on one training I think he did well. The day of the concert he had his first private lesson and really likes the teacher who is a CMU student. Here are links to the three pieces performed.

Mariachi Waltz

Wraggle Taggle Gypsies

Double Trouble

He also finally got to participate in a court of honor where he received recognitions. There was a bit of catch up to do. So he along with a couple of his friends all earned ranks from Scout, Tenderfoot, 2nd class and 1st class! He has the patches and I have the parent pins. He also received four merit badges which include First Aid, Fishing, Fingerprinting and Orienteering.