MacKenzie is going to Stapley Junior high. We are actually Poston boundaries barely. If we lived North of Adobe we would have been Stapley boundaries so really half our neighborhood goes to Stapley and other half Poston. Jeff and I both went to Poston and that would have been cool for her to go there but she picked Stapley and I think it was definitely the right choice. So far she loves it and is happy she has friends in all 7 classs! She loves going early and meeting her friends at the lockers and she loves socializing after school even though I get mad because she has to go straight to cheer fro there and I don't want her late and I can't be late from there to pick Tyla up from her bus. How the heck do I have a 7th grader?!
Tyla is going to a Charter School called Pieceful Solutions. They have two locations the one in Mesa is literally 3 minute drive from our house but it is very small and is a private school so very expensive to go there. The other location is in Chandler where she is attending this year. Fortunately they have a bus that goes from Mesa campus to Chandler campus so I only have to take her to Mesa campus and she jumps on the bus there and then I pick her back up at Mesa campus after school. The good thing is I don't have to drive back and forth to Chandler each day the downfall is she is gone from 6:55 am to 4:35 pm. That is a very long day, but she absolutely loves riding on the bus and ha already made so many friends and is so excited to wake up each morning to go to school! Next year she will be going to their Gilbert campus for Junior high and high school kids only. I am excited she is finally stable at a school and will be there until she graduates and not have to start over each year and make new friends. I am really hoping and praying that this will be the right school for her and so far we really feel strongly we made the right decision. I can't emotionally handle a year like I had last year. Her teacher seems great and friendly. We had Tyla do the schools Summer fun program for the month of June to help the transition easier for her when school started they did bowling and Peter piper pizza each once a week and Tyla became very close to one of the staff members Mrs Karen, she was seriously the funnest, sweetest lady with a heart of gold, I could tell she really loved all those kids. When we walked in Tyla's class for meet the teacher here came Mrs Karen running up to Tyla giving her a huge hug and Tyla's face lit up! She told her she is her aide for her class and I was so relieved! The reason we picked this school was because there is a maximum of 13 students with one teacher and 3 aides. They put the kids in color groups at their tables according to their academic level this way they are actually teaching the students at their actual level. They do yoga, Karate and music each week. They go out in the community once a week to practice life skills such as looking out for cars, learning to stand inline at stores and paying. They have a huge kitchen at each campus where they get to cook once a week and actually learn to measure, pour, wash all the dishes etc. Although her week is long I think she will be just fine and on Friday's they have half day!
Ryker is in Kindergarten at Entz and his teacher Mrs Bessey seems really sweet and I have heard nothing but amazing things about her so we are excited! Ryker told me before school started that maybe he should just stay home with me at least one more year, but when he found out his best buddy Mitchell and his friend Ryker S. are in his class he got excited for school. I think I am more nervous for Ryker because he is so little and he is sensitive and he is such a home body but I hope he has fun and so far he seems good! I will say it is very weird not having him here during the day and when I dropped him off to school his first day I did come home and cry a lot! I didn't do that with my girls, is that weird?
Here's to a new school year with lots of changes!
