Grade School Part 1.

I attended a catholic grade school where I attended for 9 years. I went there for K-8. It was and still is a very small school with about 160 students in the whole school. I know many parents who have a child with FX or some sort of disability would not send their child to a private school because private schools don't get the federal/state funding that is needed to help the students that some sort of disability to learn and also accommodate those students as well. 

Anyways, since I'm able to learn in a normal classroom setting. I was comfortable with my normal school setting and it was best for me to stay in the same school instead of switching schools right when I was getting adjusted to my new school. 

I got in a class with a good group of kids. Everyone was really nice to me. My classmates were very outgoing and sociable. When I was in Kindergarden, one of the kids parents in my kindergarden class started a club called the K-Club. In the K-Club we did activities throughout the year. Some examples are: The parent who started it, they would have a end of the summer party/beginning of the school year party in August. One of the girls in my class she would have a Halloween party that everyone would look forward to every year, especially the parents because they always had a great time. We would go to a local small amusement park called Coney Island in Cincinnati for the day. We would go swimming in the big pool and ride rides. It was nice to get out and socialize with everyone. 

I played soccer all my years of grade school and enjoyed it a lot. I played soccer with the same girls that I went to school with whether they were in my grade or a grade below me. I had great soccer coaches. We always had fun. In Kentucky, we have a big tournament every year for grade school and high school sports teams called The Bluegrass games down in Lexington, Ky. My soccer team usually went down along with other teams from my grade school and it was always a blast and usually very hot because they are in July. Everyone would stay at the same hotel and the parents would have a good time as well. If your team did well you could play for a medal, gold, silver or bronze. I have been lucky enough to have won the silver medal and a couple of bronze medals. 

I also played basketball in grade school as well. I only played from 3-6 grade. I wasn't a big fan of  playing basketball. I did it mostly to just learn how to play the game and to socialize really. The girls in my class were very good and talented. Some of them even went on to play in high school. It was fun to play in our school's annual basketball tournament that would be held every year in late November/early December. 

Other than socializing and playing sports which was very important, I did struggle with Math especially in school. In 4th and 5th grade, I got an awesome math teacher. She was so helpful in Math. She even tutored me one summer to go over stuff and work on stuff that I needed to work on the most and improve on that stuff like addition and subtraction math facts. Over the 2 years that I had her as a teacher, I got comfortable with working on math with her that when it came time to go into the 6th grade(Junior High), I didn't like the idea of having a new math teacher. She helped me with the transition of having a new math teacher. She let my new math teacher know who I was and what struggles I had in math and how she could help me learn. Since my new math teacher came in the afternoon to teach, she told me that If I ever needed help I could to come her before school started and we could go over something that I didn't understand like on the homework for example. I did that for about the first year of Junior High until I had gotten used to my new math teacher. After that, I just visited her here and there at her classroom to let her know how I was doing in Math and what not. 

I was able to get help whenever I needed it. My teachers were willing to work with me to help me succeed in school. They would let me come in during recess sometimes to work on stuff or to finish a test. 

Well I hope this was some help to most of you with girls with FX. I decided to break up the blogs about grade school into two because I went to the same grade school for 9 years which included 3 years of Junior High. It would have been a lot to read at once. 

Well hope you enjoyed this post! Next Post: End of this month/early next month. 

With lots of love,

Chelsea