Tavares Elementary School in Florida

My son has been attending Tavares Elementary School in Tavares Florida for the past year. It is his kindergarten year and first year at this elementary school. I have been very impressed and at the same time a little disappointed with the school. I will say however that the disappointment is far less than the impressivenesses.

The school year started out wonderful. My son came home with a picture on the first day of school of himself and his new teacher. This was definitely a surprise to our family. I never thought a teacher would be this caring to get pictures taken and then manage a way to get the pictures developed all during this very busy day. The teacher also welcomed all parents into the class room for the first week of school just in case anyone had any separation anxiety.

For the first 2 weeks of school, the children wore name tags around their neck(just like the teacher does) so everyone could get to know each other. Also on these name tags were the teachers name and their lunch numbers for easy use in the cafeteria. The children and the teacher all learned the classmates names by the end of the first week. My son came home by the end of the second week and could tell me his lunch number to me with no thought.

Every week the kids have a very structured schedule. On Monday the children visit the library. They get to check out one book to bring home for the week and get a new one the following Monday as long as they bring the other one back. On Tuesday, they go to Music. For the rest of the week, the children go to physical education. Friday is also show n tell day in my son's classroom. He gets so excited about show n tell day and get very upset if we do not allow him to take something to school with him.