Sat, 10 Jan 2026 10:19:21 -0700WeeblyThu, 07 Jan 2016 02:49:55 GMThttps://www.frenchdiaz.com/family-blog/report-cardsWell, over the Christmas break, the Semester 1 report cards came in the mail.

Matthew: 2 A, 2 B, 1 C, and a Pass

Isaiah, All A - Honor Roll

This is Isaiah's freshman year in high school, and he has definite plans on what he wants to do when graduates. He is very goal focused, and wants the high grades for a better shot at secondary education after he graduates.

Matthew is a Junior this year, and is working to catch up on what he missed last year, as he did a lot of slacking while in the online school.  We are really proud of how he is doing. He is also a member of the Marching Band, so that takes up a lot of this time as well.

We're halfway through the school year, and things are still going great.  Hopefully it stays that way for the rest of the year!

​David
]]>Tue, 05 Jan 2016 17:03:37 GMThttps://www.frenchdiaz.com/family-blog/new-yearsame-procrastinationsWow, it's time to update my webpage, and associated links.

Tomorrow.
]]>Thu, 14 May 2015 17:38:17 GMThttps://www.frenchdiaz.com/family-blog/have-i-failed-my-kids-this-school-yearThis year, both boys have been enrolled in AZ Virtual Academy, an online-based Charter School.

In hindsight, this was probably not a good idea.  With me working nights, I was not available to work with them during their school days. And on my days off, I couldn't keep my eyes open enough to be of much support, either.

Part of my responsibility this year was to make sure that they stayed on task, and on target throughout the year.  My Grade...D-

Now they are rushing to catch up with what should have been done earlier, and I need to shoulder most of the blame for them not being done.  To the kids, school is something that needs to be done before they can go off and do other things. With dad only at 40%, it was easy to do the minimum and then let it slide.

Well, they have 48hrs to finish everything up. Where did the year go? Why didn't I do more? I know I should have, and could have.

So, did I fail my kids this year?  Yeah, I'm pretty sure I did.

And I'm not proud of that fact.]]>Fri, 20 Jun 2014 13:31:35 GMThttps://www.frenchdiaz.com/family-blog/web-page-updatesIt's been way too long since I made any significant changes to the layout of the site.

Changes are coming!  Hopefully within the next couple of weeks.]]>Tue, 03 Jun 2014 11:34:13 GMThttps://www.frenchdiaz.com/family-blog/so-long-mhsAt least for now.

With the end of the school year last month, Matthew ended his first year at Maricopa High School.

We had high hopes that he would do well in High School, but he ran into major problems in the second semester. His final quarter report card had one 1 A, and the rest were C or below.

So, next year he will be joining Isaiah at the Arizona Virtual Academy. We'll see how his grades do, and how he does.  Should be interesting.]]>