We just got a letter saying that one of Monkey’s teachers nominated him to be a 5th grade delegate at the Lone Star Leadership Academy (http://www.educationinaction.org/). The letter said he was nominated based on his grades and his demonstrated leadership skills. Participants at the LSLA spend a week in a cool educational program, visiting various Texas sites and performing leadership exercises. He was proud and excited to have been nominated and selected. He was NOT so excited when he found out that he’ll have to be there for five days and four nights. He asked if we could stay in a hotel and pick him up each evening and drop him off each morning. As exciting as a week-long educational camp is to him, the idea of being away from his family is not. So. We’re not sure if he’ll be attending. We have until early March to persuade him that he should go.
