He’s a Gentleman and a Scholar

A few weeks ago, Nathan submitted applications for Sterling Scholar. He was allowed to submit applications for up to three different categories, so he chose to apply for the award in math, music and science. Each student was only allowed to win in one category. The kids who submitted more than one application were asked to rate them in terms of which was their preferred and least preferred so that if they were being considered for more than one, the committee would know which category was more important to the students. Nathan chose math as his top choice, then science and music.

Nathan got some good news yesterday. He actually had the choir teacher congratulate him and when he looked confused, the teacher made him check his email…right now! So Nathan checked and discovered that he was the school Sterling Scholar in math. Needless to say, he was super excited! He honestly loves math. Not only does it come easily to him, but he gets so excited about it. He comes home and draws equations on my white board and talks about all the stuff that fascinates him. He is nearly giddy about it sometimes. It is actually really funny how excited he gets about it!

Today he got another bit of info. He is on very good terms with the majority of his teachers and as such, they share information with him that they would not usually share with a student. Apparently, he was the top choice in all three categories in which he applied, and they chose which award to give him based on his personal preference. This is definitely not information to share with other students, especially those who applied in the same categories, but talk about an ego stroke!

I’m so pleased with how well Nathan has done in school. He is a good student, he enjoys learning, and his enthusiasm for his favorite topics is so obvious. As someone who is a teacher by trade, having a student who is excited about learning is always enjoyable and never happens as often as you’d like. So I can see how he was at the top of the list three times.