The title of this blog isn't entirely accurate, since my boys have been home-schooled since a very early age. Also, they have attended enrichment classes at various places through the years. But today, they are starting to take enrichment classes at H.O.P.E. (Home Option Program of Education). For some reason, this feels different to us. Joi and I feel like this really is their first day of school, even though they've done school at home for years and have taken enrichment classes outside the home at various times. Why does it feel different? We're not sure. Perhaps it is because our boys are taking multiple classes, have a lunch period, and are required to move to new classrooms after each period. Perhaps it is because they will be at these classes from 7:30am to 3pm. Maybe it is because Joi is not required to stay (although she will be volunteering time occasionally). Whatever the reason, today was filled with excitement, nervousness, and trepidation. Over the last couple of weeks, as we prepared them for "Friday school", there was concern about how they are going to find their classes, whether there was going to be enough time to eat their lunch, whether they were going to make friends or do well in new classes. Also, there was excitement as we bought them new lunch bags and school supplies (always my favorite time of the year), and packed their backpacks in preparation for today. We got them up at 6:30am so that they could dress, eat breakfast, and comb their hair. As I was leaving this morning to catch the bus, I took this picture (above) to capture the moment. Joi texted me at 8am, as I was walking to work from the bus station and told me that Garrison got teary eyed and then got frustrated that he cried when she dropped him off at his class. Poor guy. He's been the most stressed about this day. He's my little introvert and my little worrier. But, he'll do fine and I'm sure he'll have fun stories about his day when I get home. Gage woke up this morning with an exclamation that "Today is going to be a good day!" He's our extrovert and loves being around people. We're just worried that he'll lose his class schedule or his backpack, since he tends to misplace things from time to time. Gavin seemed excited and ready for the challenge of the new day. He'll be in kindergarten classes because of his age, even though he reads at the 2nd grade level. Joi and I are a little worried that he'll be bored and will find ways to entertain himself that might be distracting to other kids. But, his age requires that he take kindergarten classes. I'm sure he'll be fine. The boys are going to take classes like history, writing, Spanish, drama, art, and other fun supplemental courses. I can hardly wait to get home from work and find out about their day. Plus, I'm excited that Joi will get Friday's to herself and will have more time to continue working on her second book. The first day of school....how fun!
Friday, September 03, 2010
First Day of School
The title of this blog isn't entirely accurate, since my boys have been home-schooled since a very early age. Also, they have attended enrichment classes at various places through the years. But today, they are starting to take enrichment classes at H.O.P.E. (Home Option Program of Education). For some reason, this feels different to us. Joi and I feel like this really is their first day of school, even though they've done school at home for years and have taken enrichment classes outside the home at various times. Why does it feel different? We're not sure. Perhaps it is because our boys are taking multiple classes, have a lunch period, and are required to move to new classrooms after each period. Perhaps it is because they will be at these classes from 7:30am to 3pm. Maybe it is because Joi is not required to stay (although she will be volunteering time occasionally). Whatever the reason, today was filled with excitement, nervousness, and trepidation. Over the last couple of weeks, as we prepared them for "Friday school", there was concern about how they are going to find their classes, whether there was going to be enough time to eat their lunch, whether they were going to make friends or do well in new classes. Also, there was excitement as we bought them new lunch bags and school supplies (always my favorite time of the year), and packed their backpacks in preparation for today. We got them up at 6:30am so that they could dress, eat breakfast, and comb their hair. As I was leaving this morning to catch the bus, I took this picture (above) to capture the moment. Joi texted me at 8am, as I was walking to work from the bus station and told me that Garrison got teary eyed and then got frustrated that he cried when she dropped him off at his class. Poor guy. He's been the most stressed about this day. He's my little introvert and my little worrier. But, he'll do fine and I'm sure he'll have fun stories about his day when I get home. Gage woke up this morning with an exclamation that "Today is going to be a good day!" He's our extrovert and loves being around people. We're just worried that he'll lose his class schedule or his backpack, since he tends to misplace things from time to time. Gavin seemed excited and ready for the challenge of the new day. He'll be in kindergarten classes because of his age, even though he reads at the 2nd grade level. Joi and I are a little worried that he'll be bored and will find ways to entertain himself that might be distracting to other kids. But, his age requires that he take kindergarten classes. I'm sure he'll be fine. The boys are going to take classes like history, writing, Spanish, drama, art, and other fun supplemental courses. I can hardly wait to get home from work and find out about their day. Plus, I'm excited that Joi will get Friday's to herself and will have more time to continue working on her second book. The first day of school....how fun!
4 comments:
Thanks for sharing this Chris! sounds like the kids are going have some new experiences! i hope i can read about them here. peace out.
Gage's schedule was already wrong. 3/4 of the way through his class, the teacher took him to the desk and informed the coordinator he was in the wrong class. It is now upstairs, not down. :) And Gage already lost his schedule! I am glad I was volunteering time so I could write him a new one! Garrison is doing well. I saw him in between his classes. And Gavin? Well, I am sure he is doing great! :)
They will do great. Chris, I miss buying yearly school supplies so much that this year Ray and I adopted a couple of 9 year old boys from an orphanage in Mexicali and bought them school clothes and supplies for our church to bring down. The two boys, Jesus and Ramone sent us cute thank you notes with hand drawn pictures on them.
I can relate to Garrison. That was me in grade school. He'll do fine once he feels safe and learns the routine.
They look so handsome!! I'm sure they're going to do great.
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