Yep, the boy will be 15 tomorrow. Where does the time go?? It seems like just yesterday he was starting kindergarten. Now he is a 15 year old high school freshman.
He had the follow-up appointment for his shoulder on Tuesday. As he is still in pain the doc wants him to keep using the sling and come back in 5 weeks for another follow-up. So, football is out for the year. He'll turn his equipment in at the beginning of next week I guess. I'm hoping to get him to pick up his trumpet again.
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Thursday, September 04, 2008
Sunday, August 24, 2008
I have a High Schooler in the family!
Ranger started high school this year. Yep, he is a freshman. It is bit scary for me actually though he seems to be taking it all in stride.
His school schedule is a bit daunting :
Honors Algebra II
Honors World Georgraphy
Honors Biology
English I - If he does all outside reading he'll get Honors credit
CP Spanish I
Computer Science/Keyboarding
So, with a schedule like that he is bound to be busy this year. His summer reading was : Orwell's 1984, Orwell's Animal Farm, and Lord of the Flies. They are already halfway through To Kill A Mockingbird. Once they finish that they will move on to Edith Hamilton's Mythology. He also is playing JV football again. And, Royal Rangers starts back up at the end of this month as well.
He made it through a week and a half of football practice before an injury. I do expect that any 95 lb kid playing nose guard on the JV football team for his high school will more than likely get injured at some point or another. This injury though may end his season. He was hurt on a Friday but didn't tell anyone until after practice on that next Monday. So, off to the doc we go. One x-ray and an exam by an Aggie later we were given a consult for an ortho. The ortho saw him the next day and is treating the injury as a fracture of the growth plate in his left shoulder. He has a followup at the beginning of September. However, considering he is still in pain I am not holding out much hope on the football season this year. He is, of course, pretty sad about it.
And the thing he is probably looking forward to at school this year is the big 9th grade field trip. They take the class down to Sea Camp in the Florida Keys.
His school schedule is a bit daunting :
Honors Algebra II
Honors World Georgraphy
Honors Biology
English I - If he does all outside reading he'll get Honors credit
CP Spanish I
Computer Science/Keyboarding
So, with a schedule like that he is bound to be busy this year. His summer reading was : Orwell's 1984, Orwell's Animal Farm, and Lord of the Flies. They are already halfway through To Kill A Mockingbird. Once they finish that they will move on to Edith Hamilton's Mythology. He also is playing JV football again. And, Royal Rangers starts back up at the end of this month as well.
He made it through a week and a half of football practice before an injury. I do expect that any 95 lb kid playing nose guard on the JV football team for his high school will more than likely get injured at some point or another. This injury though may end his season. He was hurt on a Friday but didn't tell anyone until after practice on that next Monday. So, off to the doc we go. One x-ray and an exam by an Aggie later we were given a consult for an ortho. The ortho saw him the next day and is treating the injury as a fracture of the growth plate in his left shoulder. He has a followup at the beginning of September. However, considering he is still in pain I am not holding out much hope on the football season this year. He is, of course, pretty sad about it.
And the thing he is probably looking forward to at school this year is the big 9th grade field trip. They take the class down to Sea Camp in the Florida Keys.
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