So our sweet girl made the JV volleyball team! I couldn't be prouder and I taught her everything I know! (Yeah, this 5 ft. tall mama taught her girl a lot about volleyball!). But seriously, she did work very hard and I did practice with her a lot. There were over 40 girls trying out for JV and they only took 14. She had a little bit of a come apart on the last day of try-outs . . . she accidentally left her bag in Cosmo's car. We didn't realizxe it until a few minutes before try-outs. Cosmo was waaaaaay down in DC when she hysterically called him. He drove like a maniac and was able to get her bag to her just a few minutes after try-outs started. She did have an extra pair of sneakers and an extra set of knee pads at the house but she was VERY, VERY upset that the coaches would think she was irresponsible. I had to give her a tough pep talk in the car. Basically I told her to buck up and kick butt! Try-outs ended at 5:30 and at 6:30 PM they posted the results on the gym door. KJ and her friend Maddie both made the team so all four of us girls celebrated at Jimmie Cone! The girls had their first practice Wednesday, Wednesday night we had a parent meeting, they have practice Thursday and Friday, Friday they're going to a rope course for team building and they have a scrimmage on Monday...the first day of school! Yikes! KJ's going to be in for a rude awakening next week . . . her bus comes at 6:28 AM and she'll have volleyball practice until 5:30 PM each day.
Can't wait for her to get home sin a few minutes o I can hear all about today's Freshman Orientation! Damascus does things a little differently that what we were used to with Hoover. There is no "registration day" where we have to write a massive check to cover items such as activity cards, yearbooks, agenda, locker fees, mailing costs, PTO, extra curricular fees (T's Buccanette's just about killed us every year!). At Hoover T's registration usually cost us a couple hundred dollars. So far, the only bill I've been hit with at Damascus High School has been a $30 extra curricular activity. I think Cosmo & I are going to join the booster club so we can get into football games, basketball and, of course, KJ's vball games!
Freshman Orientation sounds pretty cool. It's only a half day but the kids are encouraged to get on their bus like they will on Monday and today they'll get their lockers, walk their schedule, etc. And then tonight, we have a Freshman Parent Picnic. We'll meet the teachers and also attend a meeting with the Athletic Department. Concussions and cardiac disease are a hot button this year and KJ had to take a baseline concussion test before she could even try-out.
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