Officially a Mustang!

After many hours of waiting and a few discussions about exciting topics such as "proper immunization record format" Janni is officially registered at Kingwood High School!

While waiting we met another student who will be attending KHS as an exchange student from Spain. He and Janni got to talk for a little while and I think they both enjoyed meeting someone undergoing a similar experience.

The senior class was assembled for 'Stang Camp (the actual registration process) during the same time frame and I was happy to see how many kids Janni already knows. I know he is a teenager and perfectly independent but the "Mom gene" makes me fret. I just can't help it.

Kingwood HS is full of kind, amazing kids but it is also very large (about 3,000 students) and I worry about those kids who get lost amid the mass of students and never really find their niche. I have no doubt that Janni's outgoing personality and sense of humor will serve him well there and am so thankful that he is not meek or timid.




Officially a KHS Mustang!


One of the interesting side effects of the experiences with educational bureaucracy has been the discussions about the differences between Germany and the U.S. Several years ago Janni and his peers were subdivided into groups, almost like career paths, based on intelligence and aptitude. (He is slated to become a surgeon, by the way!) Here he has a fairly limited schedule as all exchange students are required to take Government and Economics and U.S. History in addition to his core classes.

(For reasons I cannot explain [bureaucracy] we were unable to select his classes yesterday and have another appointment next Tuesday to get his official schedule.)

With the start of school just around the bend, teen talk has turned to football games, homecoming, etc. I cannot wait to see the look on Janni's face when he experiences the 'Friday Night Lights' of a Texas high school football game: the fans, the band, the cheerleaders, the drill team.

Homecoming has also been hard to explain. Why, exactly, do we make mums? Anyone know?

I get really excited when I think about all of the fun things ahead this year. I know that Janni will succeed academically and socially and am confident that this year will yield incredible memories he will always cherish.