<p>After going through the Year of the Big Tests,aka Junior Year,with my son last year,I am thankful that this year my daughter is a sophomore and all we have to deal with is the true practice PSAT,her first AP,and son's AP's.I am also thankful that his GC will work with him on hitting deadlines for his college applications.</p>
<p>I am just plain old thankful for senior year. Sure, it will be a long, bumpy ride but at least I can see the light at the end of the tunnel =)</p>
<p>I am ready to be in college!</p>
<p>I’m so glad my daughter is a HS Senior - and getting out of her public California high school before the budget cuts inflict permanent damage.</p>
<p>I am thankful for a job I love
kids who come into my classroom every day eager to learn
the health I need to lead them, and the faith that I can
(disclaimer: non-specific faith here)</p>
<p>I am thankful for reaching my last year of High School. The hard work I put in Freshmen Yr is starting to show off!!</p>
<p>Happykid got the schedule she wanted, and the major EC leadership she worked towards for the first three years of HS. She is secure in her career goals, and there is an affordable local college that offers her major.</p>
<p>Son is much more focused on academics his senior year of college than he was 4 years ago as a senior in HS. I’m proud of the tough schedule he chose for himself instead of coasting. We’ll find out later if he treats his grad school apps better than his college ones, hopefully he will (when they leave home it is a mixed blessing- can’t help/interfere but also can’t know if they are goofing off or getting things done). Being extremely independently minded has its pros and cons. Happy that son has met grad reqs- no worries about needing an extra semester, he will have a degree next spring.</p>
<p>I am thankful D2 is happy with friends she has. She is in a good place socially and academically. She is more focused with her schoolwork and her ECs are falling into place. I am thankful we will have her at home with us for 3 more years.</p>
<p>After having two high schoolers go through the college admissions process in the last two years, I’m thankful that they are happily settled at their colleges. I’m also very thankful that my youngest, only starting his freshman high school year, will not have to worry about college admissions for a few more years.</p>
<p>I am so very thankful that I don’t hear much from S who is now a junior in college - that means he is happy and things are going well. I know this all too well from previous years when things were not good. He is happy, he is thriving, he has grown and matured in so many ways. Oh, I still wish I knew more of what is going on in his life, but that is my problem to get over, lol! He is making his own life and doing very well .</p>
<p>I am so thankful that my daughter who came home from her first year of college seems to be doing well. We have put the ball in her court and hopefully she will take it and fly. She is reapplying to the school she left. My other kids all seem very happy and enjoying their classes and most of all everyone is healthy both in mind and body.</p>
<p>I am thankful that our DS who is a junior likes all of his teacher. No complaining about them, no whining about how unfair they are…this is pure bliss for me!</p>
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<p>Ditto this except insert the word son for daughter. Along that line, we missed a bullet twice before this year started. First, the AP CHemistry class ended up being offered after all, and S is taking it happily with numerous friends. Second, his GC for three years, whose position had been cut, was re-hired, so now he doesn’t have to start at ground zero with all the work regarding making application to colleges.</p>
<p>My HS senior has emerged from years of battle (his motto was “no matter what you say, I feel like I should disagree”) and we are working together on the college process. He is doing what he needs to do, when he needs to do it - a huge step up in maturity. I can finally see him reaching his potential now that he is no longer carelessly letting things slip. Take heart, parents of boys age 14-17; those years are a tunnel, but there is an end!</p>
<p>Thankful for no more tuition bills (!), having both kids happy with their jobs (and the fact they both have jobs) with no debt, and that they enjoyed their undergraduate experiences.</p>
<p>Wow,these are such wonderful posts.Thanks for sharing the good news!</p>
<p>I am thankful that nothing is different from the way it is, because if it wasn’t this way, it might be worse!</p>
<p>I’m happy that S got a good part in the school’s fall play! It is a very small cast this year, so it was by no means assured that he would even get a part.</p>
<p>I’m also thankful that S’s standardized tests were all finished last year. For a while last year, it was one test after another, between the PSAT, SAT, ACT, APs, and Subject Tests. This year no tests like these until the APs in May! Now, if he would only get moving on the college applications…</p>
<p>Also, D is a HS freshman this year, at a different HS within the same district as S. I’m thankful to know more about how the district does things (from courses offered, to grading and ranking, to ECs and late buses) and more about the college application process in general. However, D and S are VERY DIFFERENT, so I expect we’ll have an entirely different set of challenges the second time around.</p>
<p>I’m thankful junior year is over.</p>
<p>For us, the junior year is just beginning 
I am thankful D got the courses she badly wanted - even though it does seem like a heavy load to me. We’ll see how everything goes with the testing, the heavy course load and the sports! Have been reading this forum for a while now and have a feeling this year will be incredibly stressful…</p>