MOVING UP

Leilani...Here it goes our very first blog.  One of the major things that happened  for us this year happened at the end of May.  Alaina completed her fifth grade year at the elementary school I teach at and is moving to middle school. I can't believe it!!  Time does fly.  In addition, I struggled with the decision of moving her from public to private school. Would it be the right thing to do? I am a public school teacher so I wondered and was weary if she would get what she needed in private school as far as academics go.  Of course. Alaina wanted to stay with her friends and go to the middle school they would be going to but her father(my ex- husband) and I decided that we would like her to attend St Peters Catholic School.  We both grew up going to public school but after meeting my new husband Joel who is a product of the private school system and his family I was definitely interested in sending my daughter to private school.  He and his sister both attended private school along with my sister in laws daughters.  I had heard so many benefits and also I felt it would be a great experience for my daughter. I have met many students and parents who have had many great things to say about the program and their input and how well their children liked it. After going back and forth with Alaina, taking her on a tour(which she was really excited about) and having her meet some of the girls through volleyball camp she finally realized how much she would like it and the many classes, including religion and programs she could join that would make her a well rounded individual.

 Alaina....Ok, now heres my point of view. I'll admit St.Peters did look pretty cool but with the new school came the problem of making friends and trust me I'm the shy type so I was never really good at that. And to make troubles worse I found out that all the girls who I played sports with that did go to that school moved away and weren't going to be there anymore. My mom eventually took me to St.Peters volleyball camp (to try and make friends she said) well it worked I ended up with 3 good friends who said they'd show me around. Thats when I started thinking "Hmm, what the heck? Maybe St.Peters won't be that bad. :-)