Getting ready for school...

It's that time of year again. New grade, new things to learn, new things to deal with at a different age. Today was Maia's first day of 7th grade. Yup, 7th grade. I still can't believe it. She's smack dab in the middle of her Junior High years. Only 1 more grade until she's officially in High School. AAAAHHHH!!!!! She's been at Charles Wright Academy since Pre-school. The school is extremely difficult, so each year brings new challenges. The education that she receives there in uncomprable to anything that I've seen, and she's learned so much more than she would have anywhere else. She's excited to not be the youngest group in the middle school!!!!

We had Kiale's back-to-school bbq at Midland yesterday. For us, this was our first introduction into the school. He's been at Concordia Lutheran the last few years, and we decided to send him to public school starting 1st grade. The tuition at Concordia just keeps going up! Allthough we're able to afford it now, at the rate that it's going, in 3 or 4 years, it will probably be too much, so we thought that we'd pull him out now. I think that the tuition this year was $6300, so by then it'll easily be $8000!!! And that's just way too much. I'm not too worried about him transitioning into the school. Kiale makes friends easily and is able to adapt to any situation. I was worried about the teachers and the general stigma that falls with "Public School". I was pleasantly surprised when I got a chance to check everything out for myself. His teacher seems really nice. The classroom is HUGE! There are more amenities there than at his private school, and everything is so modern. They have numerous reading, writing and math specialist who help the kids out regardless of what level they are at. They have an awesome library with a very state of the art computer lab. They even have a great "reading corner" for story time for the younger grades, just like they do in Borders. All of the staff have been really nice, and I've already been hit up by the PTA... Looking forward to his new adventures!!!