Mallory will be old enough to attend preschool this fall, if we wish. Which means I have been on a school tour the last few weeks. It started with visiting an open house at a private school. We really enjoyed the school and feel it might be a great fit for us. However they didn’t offer 4K and when I spoke with the kindergarten teacher I asked her how many of her students went to 4K, she said… all of them! Which means that her kids attended the public school 4K program.
Two weeks ago we went to the school in our city. We went to the open house and I filled out some paperwork and we toured the classrooms, met some folks and we left.
Because of open enrollment now, I decided to visit another school in the next town over (10 miles away). This was totally different! Mallory had to visit 16 stations and get a sticker on her chart at each station. At each station they had something for her – whether it be a snack or a craft project or a hearing test or a pack of Band-Aids or a jump rope & apple. Everyone was very welcoming of us. We met the 4K teachers. They told us about their program they offer. They were really into their students!
By the time we got towards the end of the stations – they were starting to giggle at her and asking her if her favorite color was green? Everything she did she picked green!
I got home and had to take a quick picture with some of her green items she received that day!
Mallory picked out her shirt for attending her new school. Then she picked out Max’s shirt. She always picks out a matching shirt for him. If she wears green – Max has to wear green. If she wears her dance shirt – Max has to wear his guitar shirt.
Then once I took their picture – I realized I was wearing green too! *blush* Not on purpose! I tried to get a picture of the three of us in our green!
Well I have toured three schools now. The whole time I had this feeling of – I don’t want her to go to school. I want her to stay with me. I seriously had anxiety over it. I sent text messages to a close friend, who is going threw the same process with her little girl, and said… I don’t want to do it!
However, after I left this last school on Friday (the one 10 miles away) I had this feeling of… peace. This was the school for us. I liked it so much! Not that they just gave us two grocery bags full of stuff. : ) But that they took the time to do this. They wanted us to be there. Everyone had a smile. Everyone was more then happy to talk to us. I felt comfortable there – which will make me feel comfortable sending Mallory there.
So… she starts this fall! Eeek!! I am so excited for her! She is going to love every minute of it and eat it up! It will be two [full] days a week. Being that I am open enrolling her – there is no busing system so I will have to drive her to and from. Which I am not worried about at all… although I should probably work on my get-out-of-the-house-on-time-skills! Starting now! : )
