First Month of School Report

• There have been no allergic reactions in Katherine's class.
• A little boy did fall while carrying a pencil, and it went up his nose. Ouch. (He's fine.)
  
• Her class goes outside a lot, which is great because the school is right next to a park.
• Yesterday, she made it all the way across the monkey bars for the first time.
  
• Katherine's desk and her cafeteria seat are adorned with Mabel's Labels.
• Since she can't participate in buying ice cream on Fridays, I pack a dessert in her lunchbox instead.
• If the cafeteria lunch is something she'd like, I try to pack something comparable. (Dairy-free chicken nuggets on Chicken Nugget Day, for example.)
• Katherine and N., who has a peanut allergy, have become fast friends.
• Katherine is interested in learning more about peanut allergies, to help keep N. safe.
  
• The tables in the Cafegymatorium are built into the walls. K. and N. have special desks that are pulled up to the ends of their class's tables each day at lunch. That way, they can still be with their friends, but their seats won't be cross-contaminated.
• Katherine brings all of her trash home in her lunchbox so she doesn't have to go near the trash can and flying milk cartons.
• We keep cupcakes and cookies in a freezer at school for classroom birthday parties.
• She is learning a lot and especially likes math and reading.
  
• Katherine loves school!