Mason School of Academic and Cultural Literacy

"We have some wonderful news for the upcoming school year! Mason has been approved to be a pilot school. Our pilot school will focus on academic and cultural literacy which is why we are updating our name to Mason - School of Academic and Cultural Literacy. We will be exploring the world around us and celebrating our unique diversity that can be found within our building."

Hmm. Interesting. We'll see how this goes. I still plan on pulling them and sending them to St. Joan of Arc once they're all old enough to be out of the babysitter.

High school is going to be EXPENSIVE!

Joey's School Day

Well, it was a good one. *sigh of relief*

Joey was a bit overwhelmed when we left him, but once he ate breakfast and went to his class he was better. There's only 16 kids in his class, so that's much less intimidating.

The general theme of today was behavior and getting used to being in school.

Oh, for what it's worth, he played basketball at recess. :)

Quite a good first day, when all was said and done. He's looking forward to going back tomorrow.

More later, it's bath time.

Joey is at School!

How crazy is that? My baby boy is at school.

He was a bit overwhelmed. We dropped him off and took him to the cafeteria. He walked in and realized he was the smallest one there. He's not used to being the smallest! But he waited in line with his backpack in one hand and lunchbox in the other. We'll see how it goes.

More later upon Joe's triumphant return! ;)

Open House at Mason Elementary

This evening was Joey's open house. And I must say, I'm extremely impressed. If you believe what you hear on the news about St. Louis Public Schools, you're wrong. As was I. I have a feeling the district is pulled down because of some of the north side schools or some of the less-than-savory south side schools for that matter. Mason is different.

So long story short, we met his teacher, the music teacher, the art teacher, and the gym teacher. We also met his counselor. I'm going to give his counselor a call to let her know about Joey's little brother. I'm also going to have a talk with him about how it's not really appropriate to bring it up. I mentioned it to his teacher and she said she knows how to deal with it when he starts talking about it. All I wanted to hear.

School starts Monday. We're all very excited. Joey is just THRILLED! This is good. He won't be one of the kids who cries when we drop him off. Of course mommy will be one of the moms who cries when we drop him off. :)

Exciting stuff. Can't wait!

Kindergarten!

It's either feast or famine. I'm posting 2 or 3 times a day, like today, or I'm going days without posting!

So Joey is starting Kindergarten on the 18th! It's shank or be shanked for Joey, as he'll be going to STL public school. Not really that bad. He'll be going to Mason Elementary, which seems to be a decent school. We have open house next Thursday, so we'll see how it goes.

All supplies have been purchased. We went to Target over the weekend to take advantage of Missouri's tax-free weekend for back-to-school items. Joey was SO excited... as was I. And yes, Patience & Greg, there were a LOT of MILFs there at the same time. That always helps. :) Joey got all of his supplies including a Transformers backpack and a Cars lunch box! We're excited!

Once we have all kids in school, we should be able to afford private school. So by the time Joey's in 2nd or 3rd grade, he can transfer to a private school. The problem is we can't afford babysitter and school, just or the other.

Then again, it may turn out that Joey likes Mason and decides to stay there. That's fine too.

I can't believe Joey's already going to kindergarten!

Thinking about Emma, born 9/7/2005, and Andy, born 8/6/2006. Depending on the cutoff date, Emma and Andy could be in the same grade! Sheesh!