BRAGGING MOMENT

LEXIE HAS ALWAYS STRUGGLED WITH SCHOOL, AT LEAST UP TILL 3 GRADE. SHE HAS ANXIETY ABOUT BEING IN FRONT OF OTHERS AND OTHERS WATCHING HER. FROM THE FIRST DAY OF PRESCHOOOL SHE WOULD CRY EVERY MORNING CAUSE SHE DOESNT WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL. I HAVE HAD TO PULL HER OUT OF BED KICKING AND CRYING AND I WOULD ALSO HAVE TO GET HER DRESSED . ( AAAUUGG ) SHE STRESSES AS SOON AS SCHOOL IS OUT CAUSE SHE IS ALREADY WORRYING ABOUT THE NEXT DAY. NEVER PARTICIPATED IN SHOW AN TELL AND SO FORTH. 3RD GRADE SHE FELL IN LOVE WITH HER 2 TEACHERS...MS. BOOTHE AND MS. JOHNSON! PROBABLY WITHIN THE FIRST MONTH OF SCHOOL LEXIES TEACHERS CALLED ME INTO THE SCHOOL NEEDING TO TALK WITH ME. I WAS THINKING THE WORST AS IN OTHER YEARS....NOT RAISING HER HAND, NOT COMING UP TO THE CHALKBOARD ETC. WHAT THEY TALKED TO ME ABOUT JUST BLEW MY MIND. THERE IS A LITTLE GIRL IN LEXIES CLASS THAT COMES FROM A BROKEN FAMILY, SHE HAS NOT SPOKEN FOR MANY YEARS AND IS NOT UP TO GRADE LEVEL. I WAS INFORMED THAT LEXIE HAS BEEN SITTING BY HER SINCE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AND LEXIE HAS BEEN SUCH A GOOD HELPER TO THIS LITTLE GIRL THAT SHE HAS STARTED WHISPERING TO LEXIE. LEXIE TOOK IT UPON HERSELF TO TEACH HER HOW TO READ EVERYDAY AND HAD GOTTEN HER TO SPEAK ( BUT ONLY TO LEXIE) THE TEACHERS ASKED IF LEXIE COULD BE THE GO BETWWEEN ( SORT-OF ) AND BE A TUTOR TO HER. IF LEXIES WORK SUFFERED THEY WOULD LET ME KNOW AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING ELSE TO HELP THIS LITTLE GIRL. LEXIE HELPED HER ALL YEAR LONG AND IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE THE CHANGES IN THIS GIRL. SHE STILL DOESNT TALK A WHOLE LOT BUT SHE WILL NOD AND LOOK FOR LEXIE FOR HELP. HER GRADE LEVEL IMPROVED DRASTICALLY DURING 3 GRADE AND LEXIE HAD A FABULOUS YEAR! FRIDAY AT THE LAST ASSEMBLY LEXIE WAS RECOGNIZED FOR HER HELPFUL, FRIENDLY, CARING, ACTS AND THEY ALSO SAID THAT HER CLASSROOM WOULD NOT BE THE SAME WITHOUT LEXIE! SHE WAS AWARDED THE " I LOVE SCHOOL AWARD" I WAS BAWLING AS MY LEXIE WALKED UP TO THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL TO RECEIVE SUCH AN AWARD! HER CLASS GAVE HER A STANDING OVATION AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHER TEACHERS! AFTER THE ASSEMBLY I WENT TO LEXIES CLASS TO GIVE HER A HUG AND HER TEACHERS WERE TALKING TO LEXIE. THEY WERE CRYING AND WERE TELLING HER THAT THEY HAVE NEVER HAD A STUDENT LIKE HER BEFORE AND THEY WERE TOUCHED AND BLESSED TO HAVE HAD HER IN THEIR CLASSROOM! YOU KNOW AS A PARENT YOU WONDER ALONG THE WAY IF YOU ARE TEACHING THEM ALL THE "RIGHT" THINGS ABOUT LIFE AND TRYING TO SET A GOOD EXAMPLE. I FEEL I NEED TO FOLLOW IN LEXIES FOOTSTEPS!!! I LOVE MY SWEET LEXIE AND I AM TRULY BLESSED TO HAVE HER AS MY DAUGHTER.