School Change

We love summer and we also love the start of school. It always seems that the last couple of weeks of summer the kids are bored and I am ready to not be the full entertainment committee. This year all of my kids started a new school. My oldest went from one campus to another within the small district. The school that she had been going to was a middle school but they expanded it over the summer to make it a primary school, K-6th so she had to go to another campus that offers 5-12. Since they now offer elementary within the school district we gladly signed the younger kids up. The downside is that it is a new school so there are kinks to work out and the school is a drive. Its an open enrollment charter school called Basis.

Parkin and Holman study Mandarin Chinese, Olivia studies Latin and Bella is learning Spanish. I think there has been such a rise in the USA to learn Mandarin and I think one of these reasons is for the gospel to be preached to everyone in the world. Both my sons love this language and are doing so well. Parkin will write me little notes in Mandarin and then write the translation on the note, super cute.

Bella is in 7th grade she is taking Algebra II, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Logic's, English, Spanish  and PE (finally a class that I can relate to). Olivia is in 5th grade she is taking Pre-Algebra, Latin, Classics, English, Science, Geography, Art, Music and PE. Holman (3rd grade) and Parkin (1st grade) both take TLC, Humanities, Mandarin, Kempo, PE, Fine Arts, Math ,Science and All Connections I love this school because their belief is that the average child who is exposed to knowledge with academic support can excel beyond their expectations. I totally agree!

The only kid that did not have to change schools this year was Adrianna. This year I have three preschool classes with a total of 38 students! The best thing about my preschool continues to be the families that come here! Adrianna is a sport she loves all the kids and has an insane memory of the different classes. My schools motto is;  "You are smart, you can learn and you can do it!" the kids here me chant this all the time :)