IF SOMEONE HAD ASKED ME, ONE OF THE COACHES LIKE, WELL, WHO’S THAT? AND I WAS LIKE, EMMA, SHE’S LIKE, IN SIXTH GRADE. AND THEY WERE LIKE, NO WAY. SHE’S IN SIXTH GRADE. BELIEVE IT OR NOT ...

As the new calendar year arrived and Christmas break ended, my second graders returned so eager to learn “grown-up writing,” cursive ... He was very tall for second grade.