I’ve decided to stay where we are and not change schools. Our school is great and it just feels like a perfect fit for my boy. He is learning and enjoys going to school everyday. No sense in disrupting that at this early stage in the process.
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Reflections
sept beginnings
Pretty non-descript beginnings…DS has seen the school for years inside and out (because of my volunteering there). He’s been in some sort of school environment since 2, so was comfortable with this school. I made sure that he had a mellow summer, no camp- so by the time the school year rolled around he was […]
Cough, cough, sneeze…it’s flu season
The first days
Family Annex –“Phase-in” week
My almost 3 yr. old daughter Surta is attending Family Annex. It is parent cooperative school. Parents participate in committees to run school more efficiently. The school has Reggio Emilia approach. It encourages creative thinking for children and encourages teachers, parents and children to be researcher. Surta’s all three teachers visited us at home last […]
New Family Get Together
A lot of our families have already known each other since our kids were newborns. I am a co-founder of Harlem4kids- a non-profit that encourages early childhood education through storytime , special events aimed at our community and parental support in NYC. Still, while we tried to reach out to all families in Harlem, there […]
Orientation
My son, Lee, will be attending a private Catholic school on the upper west side of New York City and last Wednesday was new parent orientation night. It was a chance for all of the new parents to meet each other, meet the teachers and hear from the principal about procedures and policies. It was […]
