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Anonymous
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This to mirror a thread on the private school forum...
I am happy to say that DD LOVES her new charter school and so do we! No regrets here about going public. |
Anonymous
| Which school is your daughter at? And fill us in on what she loves about it (especially for those of us who might be considering charters). |
Anonymous
| She's at Yu Ying. She mostly loves the teachers but also the kids, and the atmosphere. Everyone knows everyone's names since it's so small and I think she feels like she's part of a family. She came from daycare and always used to be sad when it wasn't the weekend, but now when she asks "is it a school day or a weekend day" and we tell her "school day" she yells "YAY!" I don't know, maybe all kids love school in these early years, but it's still so much fun to see. |
Anonymous
| My daughter attends Bancroft Elementary. She has two great teachers and only 20 kids in the class. It's a dual language program so she is starting pick up a little bit of Spanish. It appeared that several hundred people were there for back to school night so hopeful parent involvement will be pretty high there. |
Anonymous
| Eaton is terrific this year with a new principal and an energized staff. My DD is thrilled for the third year in a row. |
Anonymous
| My son is so happy at Mann for kindergarten! He looks forward to going to school everyday! |
Anonymous
| My son is thrilled at Eaton for the second year in a row. And I absolutely love the principal. |
Anonymous
| My son is super happy at EL Haynes. The teachers/aides (there are three in his class room) are great and he enjoys the "specials - Spanish, Music, Art, Dance |
Anonymous
| My DD seems happy at Eaton (Kindergarten), I am the ones having issues. She has started to talk about Hannah Montana. We do not watch TV at home, so she has never seen her. I do not think that the image she elicits is appropriate for children, I would like my DD to be a child not a teenager/adult wanna be. She has mentioned that girls in her class have already told her that she is not part of the "team" because she doesn't like Hannah Montana. Fortunately for now, she doesn't mind but I know eventually she will. |
Anonymous
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I feel your pain previous poster about Hannah Montana. When my daughter started pre-k last year, she started talking about Hannah Montana even though she's never seen her! She's in K this year and still talks about her, even though I"ve never let her watch the show. I think this is very natural. In fact, I laugh because I remember that in 3rd grade, I pretended that I had seen a certain movie because everyone else had seen it. I would listen very carefully to hear what they were saying about the movie and then repeat that I too liked those parts.
My daughter also talks about Bratz, even though she has none. I told her I don't like Bratz because of their name (Brats do bad and mean things) and so she recently told me that Brats are really like Hannah Montana (a nice girl). Its pretty comical because I can see her mind making sense of things she hears, even though it is all second hand news from other 4 and 5 year olds. |
Anonymous
We attended this school and found similar. We are also a infrequent TV watching, non-commercial family. I was surprised in preK to find a big influence of Hannah Montana, Raven and many other TV shows that I considered too late and too adult for my preK child. There was also a lot of highly sexualized/girly-girl dress, worrying about appearance, lots of talk about boyfriends/girlfriends, kissing and love even in preK. I realize that some of this is normal kid exploration of topics, but what I found surprising was how adult and how influenced by the media it was, and how much peer pressure was introduced on these topics. We also found a lot of girl-on-girl relational bullying which the school did nothing to address; parents were left to struggle with it on their own. Fortunately, my DD did form some very healthy girl relationships there, but navigating betwixt the two was heartbreaking and something I didn't expect to see so early in childhood. On the positive side, I suppose that being exposed to this kind of behavior at such an early age has given me the opening to talk seriously about sex, relationships, what constitutes good/bad/healthy/unhealthy friendships, gender issues, etc. I hope this has a protective effect as she moves forward. Eaton needs a serious anti-bullying/inclusiveness curriculum, beyond the normal "responsive classroom" which they always cite and praise as the answer to all problems..... |
Anonymous
| Did you leave Eaton for these reasons? |
Anonymous
| My daugher loves Eaton (and so do we). These descriptions of Hannah Montana etc. have not come up at all in her pre-K class where all the children seem well-grounded and the teacher promotes an inclusive, community-oriented setting. Unlike her preschool, there is no cliquiness either amongst the children or parents. Perhaps the Eaton issues the poster is describing existed under the old principal. But the school has been transformed by Ms. Gartrell, the new principal. The teachers enjoy high morale, the parents are energized, and the kids all seem to be learning and happy. It truly is amazing the impact a principal can have on a school. I know several parents who pulled their kids out of private school and enrolled them at Eaton and are thrilled with the change. |
Anonymous
| Certainly, there is not much a principal can do about Hanna Montana or, bullying. These "micro-managing issues" concern to teachers and parents more than anything. |
Anonymous
| There is not much a principal can do about bullying???!!! |