Big news: A has accepted her spot at Sidwell! Very exciting! Congratulations, A!

M is still deciding. She made a spreadsheet tonight and ranked all the schools on a number of criteria. It resulted in a tie.

And here is the update on N. He had a piano lesson yesterday and this was the report from the piano teacher:

This is what Nate learned today:

The staff  (the five lines for musical notation)
The treble cleff (not to be confused with “trouble”)
Where the notes, G, and C are placed on the staff.
The scale of E with four sharps

He was awarded another postcard of a painting—another Renoir.  (actually of two girls at the piano—could they be his sisters?)
   He also has a beautiful box in which to store his postcards.

He has a very good sense of timing (rhythm for the beats of the notes) and a good ear, distinguishing between major and minor.

He’s a wonderful student!

Your piano teacher.