Highland Park Back-to-School night

Susy and I met Mali's teachers last night at Highland Park Middle School. They all seemed very nice and on the ball, though the Literacy Arts teacher never got around to telling us what the kids are actually studying. Mali has the same teacher for Social Studies and Science - an unusual combination. Her math teacher is a big guy who was the head baseball coach at Beaverton H.S. until this year. I think she's a little intimidated by him, but he seems a very sweet guy - gushing about his 4 and 2 year old girls. She's also taking music now, where they're learning to read music - every kid has a keyboard to play - and headphones! Later in the year she'll be taking "Leadership", where they will learn Robert's Rules of Order.