I am impressed with Joseph everyday. This picture is one he took when I signed us up for a photowalk. I did help him edit it in Photoshop, but he captured the image on his camera and chose how he wanted it to look. Joseph is curious about a lot of things, so it is no surprise that he asks questions and thinks about things. At school he is a great student and he constantly strives to do well. Anyways, the school has a system for reaffirming positive behavior. There is a clip reward system. You can move your clip up based on good behaviors. The highest you can go is outstanding. Joseph had received 4 outstandings and needed 1 more to get in the Hall of Fame in his classroom. He set the goal for himself to be the first in his class to get in the Hall of Fame. Everyday he reports how his day was and each day he said he got up to Great Job, but he was still working for the Outstanding. Yesterday I picked him up from school and asked how his day was. His response, with a big smile on his face that he was trying to hide, "Outstanding." It was one word but it spoke volumes. It made me smile. He is also trying to get a certain number of AR reading points. He is such a great kid and we love him so much.
