Marci - Thanks for the offer, but I don't think I am available for packing. Maybe next time!
DS's awards assembly was interesting. Just like in elementary, there are kids who get 8 or 10 things, and kids who get one. DS got 2, and he was REALLY disappointed. The thing that boggles me is that tons of kids were recognized for "outstanding" performance in certain subjects. DS didn't get any awards for performance in a subject, yet he got his induction certificate for NJHS. You can't get into the honor society unless you have outstanding academic performance! It is based on GPA! So I can understand why he was disappointed. Kids who weren't getting academic awards were getting citizenship awards. I don't want him to be a sore loser, but I can see why he expected more than 2 awards. His language arts grade has never been below a 95%, and right now it is a 104%. I guess you have to have a 100% every marking period all year to be outstanding?

Who knows. And there are 3 "pods" of 6th graders so maybe some teachers gave out more awards than others. He got an "Award of Merit" which seems to be the default award for kids who aren't getting anything else.
He was also upset that he wasn't announced as having a perfect score on the TAKS reading test. He was recognized for outstanding performance in both reading and math TAKS. Those results will come to us in the mail at some point far in the future so I don't know if he really had a perfect score or not.
I told him I am very proud of him. He had "the look" he gets when he is really disappointed in something, so I fully expect him to be moody and surly when he comes home.