Friday, April 18, 2014

good news about school!

I wanted to write a quick post about some good news we got yesterday about school for Max and Mya next year! We were accepted into our 1st choice. It is a public school about 8 minutes from our house. The public school we were assigned to was about 30 minutes from our house.  So we open-enrolled (it's not called that there, but it's basically the same thing) and they had room, so we got in!

The school is called George P. Nicholson Elementary. Website here if you're interested. We toured the school along with a few others and both Chris and I felt strongly that this is where they should be going to school. It was very warm, welcoming, not too big, had strong parent involvement, high academic standards, (16/782 elementary schools in Alberta) in a good area, some diversity within the school and most importantly, Max and Mya loved it.

I had been having kind of a tough week with everything going on and trying to get excited about the move. This definitely brightened my spirits and made me feel like everything will fall into place eventually.

4 comments:

Marilyn Kuennen said...

This sounds like a great school for Max and Mya, Beth. I am sure you are relieved to get in to this one and it has so many advantages. I would love to correspond with Max and Mya about their school days. Maybe Ryan, Alex, and Leah could, too. Still hoping to get together with you before you move in June. Keep in touch.

cathy said...

YAY! So happy to hear this news.

Kel said...

That is excellent news! Good for you for making sure to find a school that fit all of your needs. Sounds like your plans are falling into place!

ahuinker said...

So glad you got this news, Beth, and that you'll feel comfortable and happy with where they are spending their days in the next few school years!