Kindergarden Registration

I've been putting this day off as long as possible, but yesterday we finally registered Madeleine for kindergarden. They've been holding a place for her so we didn't have too much of a rush -- it helps when dad's a member of the F'ville School "family."

We'd originally planned to place Madeleine in the Prairie Grove School which we're zoned for....but after doing some research Matt decided that she'd be better off in his district. He checked out different school and talked to administrators before deciding that Leverett Elementary was the place for her. It's one of the closest to us and it's just a mile from Matt's school. It's a small school -- one of the smallest in the district with only 350 kids K-5. They have a lot of diversity in their students which was important to us. And the principal is wonderful!!

They are right across from the UofA so they have a lot of involvement from them. They are going to a completely project-based curriculum this year -- Matt does this and thinks this is the best way to teach/learn.
After touring the school, neither of the kids wanted to leave! I think that's a good sign. :)

They have an open door policy -- even Harrison is welcome there anytime! He can even check out books from their library. I think by the time we left he was ready to go to kindergarden too!

We got her supply list and the date we'll need to come back for kindergarden testing, which I'm sure she'll ace! She's most excited about learning to read! Hopefully this will be a smooth transition for her. It's mom I'm not too sure about......