Here's Andy!!!!

Age: 15 (almost 16)

Grade: 10, Henry Foss High school

Interests: computer animation, writing, bike riding, video game programming, blogging and of course his Rodney and Jim comic strip.

Andy's average week day looks like this:

5:45a - Beep, Beep, Beep, the alarm goes off

6:00a - Off to drop Ellysa at school and then Andy goes to Seminary

7:05a - Dad picks up and then it is off to school

"whah, whah, whah whah, whaaaaah...."

2:00p - Ding, Ding, Ding, School's out!

2:20p - Bus ride home (Cindy often forgets to leave a door unlocked for him and he patiently reads on the front porch until 3:00)

3:00p - Homework

4:00p - Bike ride to just about anywhere in the greater Tacoma area

His favorite hot spots are Point Defiance 5 mile drive, Lakewood, Steillacoom and over the Tacoma Narrows Bridge to Gig Harbor.

He also eats A LOT and enjoys playing the Wii....

This year was a big transition for Andy. The last two-plus years, he did his school from home, on Internet Academy. Toward the end of last school year, he decided he liked the idea of having a teacher in the classroom again, and wanted to go back to traditional school.

We were a little nervous because of some of the problems we've had with his earlier experiences in traditional school... I went with him last Spring to meet with administrators at Foss, and we were both impressed, so we went ahead with the plan.

The school has really done a great job, but the biggest and best surprise of the year so far is Andy himself. He has matured and grown so much in the past month, it's truly amazing to us! He is doing all of his school work well, earning very high marks, doing his homework as soon as he gets home, and TURNING IT IN the next day! (this had been one of the previous issues) Andy is about to turn 16 (as mentioned above) but he is already acting much older than the kid who turned 15 a year ago.

Have a great Sophomore year buddy. Dad and I love you and are SO PROUD OF YOU!!