Phone call from principal made my heart drop!
As a mom of four, I want nothing else than to see my kids to well and succeed in school and life. It’s often a struggle for the baby of the family to become the big brother, so we were really worried about how well Hawk would do when he started school this year. Surprisingly enough, he has been doing SO well. My little lazy, whiny, snaggle-toothed, mama’s boy has amazed us all year long.
At the last parent/teacher conference, his teacher told Andy that he’s already exceeded all of the expectations for Kindergarten for the year (and it was only January!), and he’s always getting notes and awards and Student of the Day stickers. We’re amazed!
Last week, we got this letter from the principal and his teacher:
So you can imagine my surprise when I get a call from his PRINCIPAL in the middle of a business call, today.
She introduced herself, and proceeded to tell me, “I wanted to let you know of a little incident we had with Hawk on the bus this morning.”
My heart dropped, and all I could think was – He’s doing so well! What in the world did he do to warrant a call from the principal who JUST initialed and sent this postcard last week???
She continued, “I want you to know that he did a very good thing today!”
I started laughing, and stopped her and told her that I was shocked to hear her say that, because I couldn’t imagine what he’d done!
She went on to say that this morning, on the bus, Hawk saw another student that attends another one of the schools (assuming elementary age) with a pocket knife, and he went to the bus driver to let her know. The bus driver alerted the principal at the other student’s school, and the incident has been dealt with. She wanted to let me know what a great thing Hawk did.
I know it was a good thing that he did. I’m sure it was innocent on the other child’s part (hoping anyway), but you never really know these days. I’m proud of him for letting someone know.
But, I also know he was just tattling, in true Hawk fashion! 🙂
That is awesome and scary at the same time lol
Well that IS wonderful news! I think I might have been a little scared at first too!
How funny that they are so proud of him but only his mama knows it is just him being him. lol But good for him!
What a good kiddo…even if he was just being him! LOL!
Wow. My heart would have dropped too.
That is wonderful! You must be so proud of your little man. 🙂
Our son is painfully shy and never uttered a word at school. Once day is teacher called us laughing. She said she had to give him a “time out” that day. My heart sank too. Turns out he was TALKING to another student during class. She was laughing because he never spoke to anyone and she knew we would be the only parents in the world HAPPY that our son got in trouble for talking in class. LOL!