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Monday, September 22, 2008

We made the switch

Brock has now moved to a charter school in American Fork and I am pleased to say it has been such a good thing! I was very unsure at first, because of the driving, uniforms, and friends, but things have really worked out and Brock absolutely loves it. I have asked if he is sad that he won't see his other class and teacher anymore. He keeps telling me, "this is better Mom!" He has a full time teacher plus aide there everyday. He says he likes having 2 teachers. It is weird how it worked out because he was already going to Saratoga Shores for about 3 weeks. I was not thrilled about his teacher, but I thought I could help and make it ok. I got an email from Odyssey saying they had a position open for Brock in afternoon kindergarten last Tues. Then we went that day and checked out the school and met the teacher. He was sold. The teacher said do you want to come here or are you still deciding. Brock said "I want to come here." I was very impressed with the school, teacher, and curriculum. They do reading and math based on the level they are at. Which is awesome! I still had to think of the drive, 25 min each way and all of his buddies were in morning kindergarten. But we decided to try it out, so thanks to Barrett's sister who gave us some old uniform clothes, we started the next day. After a long morning of still debating and waiting to take him, we finally got there. He did great went right in. I still wished we could do morning so it wouldn't shake up the routine to much. I think that was the hardest part. As I was leaving they said they had one spot available for morning and we took it. We leave the exact same time he had to be ready for the bus. Briggs does much better in the morning and then he and Sammi take good afternoon naps because we are home. He loves the uniform look too. If we go anywhere after he says "Mom they will all see me looking so handsome." He has made the transition easier, because he is so positive and happy about it. I think it was answer to prayers and things have worked out for the best.

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