Tuesday, June 3, 2008

no more sitting on the fence

Dominick and I have gone back and forth about Trinity going to preschool, kindergarten or doing an at home preschool (like we did this year). We weren't sure if we wanted to put Trinity into a normal preschool because she is a little too advanced for them. Then starting Kindergarten early could put her at risk to fall behind emotionally being one of the youngest later down the road. I could do more at home work with her but then that is not giving her the class room atmosphere with the other kids and a teacher.

We talked to a few friends, who happen to have masters degrees in teaching, and they told Dominick and I about this preschool that does a more advanced pre-k class aimed toward kids that are turning 5 before December 31 and have had some preschool already. We were excited and called them. They only take 24 kids a year (12 in each session) and half of them are boys. They were full. Trinity was on the waiting list and she was the only girl on the waiting list. Since the school keeps the girl/boy ratio even we just had to wait for a little girl to drop. We were thinking what are the chances of one of the twelve girls dropping? Yesterday we received a call and Trinity is IN.

She got into the morning class too. I will not have to change my work schedule at all.

2 comments:

Stephanie said...

Congrats on getting Trinity into that school! We struggle with that same thing... Crys has already had two years of "pre-school", so she is going to have major review this year when she starts kindergarten. She also turns six right after the start of school... she will be the oldest and BORED! I fear I am going to be getting some phone calls from teachers having to deal with her 'attitude' ~ she will have one if/when she is bored.

Sarah Webb said...

That's awsome!