DD and DS Survived ...
Find a Conversation
| Tue, 08-28-2007 - 6:16pm |
… the first week in their respective new schools. Pretty well, actually! Both the junior high and high school have rather complicated rotating block schedules, and I am still puzzling over the reasoning and logic behind that. Both kids still have to refer to their schedules daily but I’m sure they will adapt and adjust over time.
About mid-week, Wes felt a little lost, missed his ‘posse’ of buddies and the comfort of knowing who was who, what was what, who he would eat lunch with, etc., but that seemed to pass relatively quickly. He joined the tennis team and actually went to the first practice (which was yesterday), stayed and played! When I picked him up afterward, I heard many ‘bye Wes’ and ‘see ya Wes’ and ‘you play good!’s. While I don’t think he will be over-taxed academically, things seem to be falling into place for him and he seems pretty comfortable and happy.
I must confess to having a less than positive first impression of the high school. In spite of a summertime meeting with her counselor, Chelsea still had many holes and wrong classes in her schedule and had to meet with her counselor FOUR times to have it changed. Ugh. It has been very hard for me not to compare this experience with the one we had with the school we left behind (where very little was left to chance) and wonder if this was the right thing for her or not. BUT … she told me in pretty much no uncertain terms this morning that she ‘is fine’, ‘is happy’ and ‘just because *you* are freaked out about it all, it doesn’t mean *I* am’. Soooo … I am going to have to learn to keep my worries to myself and my mouth shut! I picked her up yesterday to find her exchanging a friendly good-by embrace with a Marilyn Manson look alike. Today she went out with a new friend today for a bagel and juice or something and there is some talk of trying out for the school musical. So it seems she is settling in well, too and I do think she is enjoying the more relaxed atmosphere.
So now that I’ve posted ad naseum about my worries over the move and school change, of course it appears it was all for naught. But isn’t that often the way it is? It’s just unfortunate that such great kids have such a weenie for a mother!

Pages
I was going to mention before, DD has 8 classes, 4 each day, with a 40 minute homeroom after lunch.
When they were in middle school, they were on a true block schedule. For me it was a bit confusing, but they knew what they were doing so that was fine. Being on the School Planning Team has helped me to understand a great deal why they do things that they do and it really does make good sense to have the block scheduling. They gain a lot of teaching/learning time this way.
We just got the kids schedules in the mail today and they seem to be pretty happy with them and the teachers they will be having. Not crazy about going back in a week, but they will get through it.
Kristie
Julie,
I just sent you an e-mail, but it bounced back. How about you sending me one?
Thanks!
Amelia
Pages