Freedom from the Familiar

When you are the teacher, principal and school board of your very own school, you get certain freedoms that other educators don't have.

I make the schedule.  I pick when we have school and when we don't.  I get to choose when our vacations will be.  I can choose when our school year begins and when it ends.  We started kindergarten in February of 2008.  We took a break when we were selling our house, living in a cramped apartment and spending more days in the hospital than at home.  Then, once we got ourselves settled again, we started up full-force, taking a vacation in the "slow season" to save money.   And just as we approached the end of our curriculum, we found ourselves approaching the end of the calendar year too.

Our little Kindies, completed their Kindergarten goals this Decemeber.  We presented each of them with a certificate to recognize the accomplishment of learning to read and another certificate to mark the end of their Kindergarten year.

This January, Melanie and I are busying ourselves making final decisions about which curriculum to use so we may begin again this month, this time with first graders!

Does it mean I have to change the name of our blog?  Not just yet.  These kiddos are young still.  I bet they'll let me get away with Kinder-garden for a while longer.

Besides...the school board just took a vote and unanimously decided that "Kinder-garden" is just punny enough to stick around for a while.  :-)