December 22, 2011  4:37 p.m.

I am late in reporting this, but two weeks ago, Chips recently completed the Calvert Sixth Grade course.  He was happy to see it go, and as a result I symbolically packed up his books and immediately set out the books for Seventh Grade.  Fresh start, you know?

Above are the sixth grade books set out to be packed up in a box.  Is anybody out there interested in purchasing the non-consumables for sixth grade?

And here are all the books for Calvert Seventh Grade.  I am amazed again at how much material will be covered in the coming year.  Sixth grade covered a lot of ground, and seventh appears to be just as comprehensive. 

I have to say that Chips is not excited about his next year like Sweet Girl is.  We have had some attitude issues this year.  But come January 3rd, we are poised to jump in, and to take longer than 12 months, if we need to, to complete seventh grade.  After all, Chips is running eight months ahead of schedule (ahead of his same age peers), so he has some slack to enjoy this year.  Although I am convinced that Calvert provides a top notch education, we are thinking about doing something different for eighth grade.

Looking back on the year, it was the tests that amazed me the most.  To think that my children were able to complete the Calvert tests in Third and Sixth grade, and to get decent scores, still amazes me.  I took some photos of each of their tests.  First I placed the pages on the table and photographed them.  Then I turned the pages over and photographed the backs.  So they will appear out of order, but just glance at the contents of the test.  Not for the faint of heart.  (You can view an enlarged version of each photo by clicking on the photo).  Note the white paper with the handwritten letter from her Calvert teacher.

Here is Sweet Girl’s final Third Grade test for the year:

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Chips just sent in his test to the teacher, and we have not yet received it back.  His test was very long.  We always take three days to complete a Chips test.  It would take up too many photos, so here is a sampling.

Happy “Summer” break to all of us.  The weather being what it is here in Florida (82 degrees at this writing, and I refuse to turn on the a/c on the first day of winter!) it really does feel like summer break.  Next post will share what we did with the first week of our December summer break.

Whew!  I feel like we are preparing for Christmas in Australia!