<p>may i please be added to the list?
ds is class of 2012.</p>
<p>31 and 32
added Condor30 (if I may do so)
June 2009 Members of the Class of 2012 Parents’ Xxxxx
aashad
Angry Dad
Anothermom2
beth’s mom
Cherryhillmomto2
Coffeelover64
DougBetsy
Downtoearth
hippiechicken
gnusasaurus
IloveLA
Jackief
Mamaof1
Mary13
Mathinokc
MemphisGuy
MidwestMom2Kids_
Mom2M
mom2010grad
oldfort
PhilaMom
PRJ
rrah
Rockrchick
seiclan
schinagus
showmom858
3yrs2go
lilmom
rentof4
Condor30
mom0809</p>
<p>My name may be a misnomer. I’m now mom of DD college class of 2012 and DS HS class of 2012.</p>
<p>And in response to oldfort’s question of a shortlist…No. But I do have a longlist :-)</p>
<p>My D is also in the class of 2012.
She is our youngest D.
School starts Sep. 14 and Xcountry training starts next week.</p>
<p>Wow! If school starts September 14, when do you get out?</p>
<p>We start August 13th and get out May 20th (assuming there’s no more than 1 snow day – others would get added to the end).</p>
<p>thanks mom0809</p>
<p>Hi Everyone, DD has been busy this summer playing her sport and also took a summer school class to lighten the load. She’s studying a little everyday for the PSAT - she took it cold last yr and what a shock for her. </p>
<p>My time is split right now w/DS and his college apps and DD’s sport. Lots of driving and online work! </p>
<p>DD doesn’t have a short list yet. She doesn’t know yet if her sport will offer some scholarship opportunities.</p>
<p>DS had minor surgery the week he got out of school. He had to lay low for the entire summer. He lost a lot of weight (mostly muscle) during this time and is skinny as a stick. I feel so sorry for him. Anyway, he got through his required summer reading (well, almost) and is dying to get back to school. He’s cleared for athletics starting the first week in September. School starts the last week of August.</p>
<p>Sounds like everyone is keeping busy. DS’12 just said today that he wished school was starting today (it starts next Wednesday). He is a very social person and likes to be around others. He spent the summer going on a mission trip to a reservation in Montana, then spent two weeks at an academic camp at one of our state universities (started going in 7th grade and it apparently is his favorite two weeks of the summer). He also had a number of summer assignments for Honors English and APUSH. He also started marching band camp last week. </p>
<p>We haven’t really discussed college much except my prodding that he might want to have general idea of what he wants to pursue so we can figure out what colleges might be a good match. His brother ('10) has decided on Electrical Engineering so DS’12 decided maybe he would go to an engineering camp next summer to see if he might have an interest. They do have similar strengths although DS’12 is much more out going and probably not quite as deep of a thinker.</p>
<p>lilmom ~ I just mentioned to DS that he might want to do a little PSAT review before the October test so that he at least has a feel for it. It looks like his brother will make NMSF and we are hoping that little brother will follow in his footsteps. He has the aptitude but I’m not quite as sure about the determination.</p>
<p>Hope everyone has enjoyed their summer and I look forward to this board getting more active as our kids move further along in the process.</p>
<p>mom2010grad, DD also signed up for the SAT question of the day. I’m hoping she’ll develop a routine of trying to answer the question and then put in a few minutes of PSAT study. She’s a hardworker but hasn’t always tested well.</p>
<p>DS is an awful test taker. I’ve convinced him to do some PSAT review from now until October, just to get a feel for the test. I’m holding my breath to see what happens!</p>
<p>mom0809, it’s a good idea to get a practice PSAT in before jr. yr. DS took it twice and his scores were very close to what he actually got on the SAT. My DD will need to take the practice tests to get used to the timer.</p>
<p>I missed this thread the first time around - we were on vacation w/o Internet access.</p>
<p>What happened to the wine and chocolate? ;)</p>
<p>does anyone else feel like they are running to the store every 2 days for milk? with a 2012 and a 2014 and college aged sib…the milk keeps disappearing… it’s always about this time of summer when the squabbles are more frequent too. it’s time for school to start! i’m growing tired of trying to keep abundant food and drinks in the house !</p>
<p>Condor, same thing at our house except it’s with iced tea. I predict you will miss these days a few years from now. :)</p>
<p>My DD and DS have squabbled all summer. DD leaves on Sunday to college and DS leaves the following Friday to boarding school. All of a sudden the fighting has stopped, they’re laughing and playing with each other. It’s going to be very sad to see them go off again. ‘sigh’.</p>
<p>Lilmom: yes trying to get DS to do the practice tests, but he’s very resistant. Grumbles the whole way. I’m afraid to see what his scores will be like.</p>
<p>It has begun. DS started sophomore year yesterday and was up until 2:30 am finishing homework (YES, on the first night). He had a 5 paragraph essay for English and about 3 hours of AP world plus other stuff that I don’t know about. If I had realized it would be so bad the first day, I would have not sent him with his father to Office depot for the school supplies (they were gone for 1 1/2 hours). I would have just taken the lists and gone myself. UGH. Today we are both zombies.</p>
<p>Oh my goodness, seiclan! That’s outrageous!</p>
<p>3 hours of homework a night from a single class is absurd.</p>
<p>^^DD has an honors Engl teacher who believes all students work their way up from F’s - according to other students who’ve taken her class. Is that normal? Even my S thought she was tough and he did well in her class. Other parents say that honors and AP teachers will sometimes overload the kids w/work to “weed out” certain students. </p>
<p>DD went into her freshman year last year believing she was weak in English and expected to struggle in her honors Engl class. She was fortunate to have an energetic positive teacher who kept them engaged in class with lively discussions. She looked forward to being there and participating. He truly treated them like the honors students that they were. Her writing improved and she did extremely well in his class and her standardized test score was in the advanced range. </p>
<p>I hope DD does well. I’m just nervous for her!</p>
<p>Last year my daughter also had a history teacher that assigned 2-3 hours of homework every night. I complained on back to school, and every parent chimed in. The teacher looked shocked. He said, “Oh no, it’s only suppose to be .5 hour everyday.” We all looked at him like he was crazy. It got better after that. </p>
<p>Our school doesn’t offer AP history until junior year. They only offer honors - Chemistry and English.</p>
<p>Hi all !</p>
<p>A couple of weeks ago I was frustrated that I missed the order date for spirit wear and could not get bus info. Well those problems have been satisfactorily resolved, but now DD has a terrible cold, and will likely miss sports practice for the pre season (we are supposed to go away next week). Still no schedule. Since it comes by US mail, not likely to get it until the day before school starts since not yet received. I guess at worst, she will go to the office on the first day to see where she is supposed to go.</p>
<p>The bane of last year was science. Hours per day or work. I doubt it will be different this year. At least there will be some easy courses like trig 
to free up her time. Even history research papers were easy compared to the essays they cooked up in her science classes.</p>
<p>To end on a more positive note, D finished her CIT job, got a great evaluation, and I think learned a lot about what it means to have a job.</p>