My son Paul started 8th grade yesterday at
Jordan Middle School (Palo Alto)
and today he turned 13. He spent the summer reading
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, plus the Mildred D. Taylor series
that he started with
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry in school last year, plus re-reading John D. Fitzgerald’s
The Great Brain series. John even got Paul to read
The Stainless Steel Rat but Paul said he did not like it.
Pretty good for a boy who spent two years in schools
for dyslexics and learned to read in 4th grade!
Paul had a good summer, including summer school, a SCUBA lesson at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and camping for a
week at the
Lair of the Golden Bear U.C. Berkeley alumni family camp.
Jordan Middle School has been wonderful for Paul. He is in a special three year program
(6th through 8th grade) for kids with behavioral and cognitive learning disabilities.
After so many years in the wrong school, finding the right school for my boy has been
a great joy. Paul works very hard, gets good grades, and is just blooming. He is sad
that his best friend went to Palo Alto
High School a year before him but he is learning how to keep up a relationship
with someone outside of his class and he is making new friends too. We all have hopes
for a good year.
KatysBlog 
We have had a brush with Jordan, including through their hosting of a youth symphony. It’s “campus,” including the cement tiles from various classes going back many decades is very special.
I read more of your blog today. Some very interesting family and other stuff : – )
We have had a brush with Jordan, including through their hosting of a youth symphony. Its campus, including the cement tiles from various classes going back many decades has a very special feel. The music rooms are quite large.
I read more of your blog today. Some very interesting family and other stuff : – )