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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow! These posts are making me more appreciative of our ES's program.[/quote]
Hi,

Can you please share what your ES is doing?[/quote]

I posted earlier. 19:27. It wasn't genius or anything, but it was a productive and effective hour.

[quote]Wow. 22:39 here. My kid was taken to see the classrooms and he said they played different games and he had a great time. In the meantime the principal, school nurse, and a few teachers did a presentation for parents about what to expect and opened the floor for questions. It was great.[/quote][/quote]

Our K orientation was similar.  Kids went into one classroom and played games (I think they said the teachers were trying to get a sense of the kids' abilities, but I'm not sure how much of that's possible in the short amount of time they had).  The Principal and Assistant Principal met with the parents in another classroom and went through a typical day for a K child (schedule, along with what sorts of things the kids are working on right now).  They also answered questions from parents (busing, lunch, testing, student/teacher ratios, etc. were covered).  One of the ESOL teachers spoke very briefly, along with the school Counselor.  After, we joined the kids in the other classroom and there were brief presentations from the PTA, a summer camp held at the school, and the before and after program.

It was really nice to see the classrooms and get a better sense of the school, since we have had little insight thus far.  Overall, really positive experience.  It's unfortunate others didn't have the same.[/quote]

Interesting.  It sounds like we might be at the same school because this was exactly what happened at ours. However, I didn't think it was really a good use of time.  The presentation on a typical day for K was only mildly interesting and could have waited until back to school night.  And the camp presentations were just sales pitches.[/quote]

At ours, the "typical day" presentation was held earlier in the year.  Not sure I liked splitting it up because it meant two half-days for me -- and our kid was applying for EEK, so at that time there was no guarantee that this would be relevant to us.  On the other hand, without the kids, the environment was more relaxed and quiet, and the parents were able to ask questions and get quality time with the teachers and admin.  Still, it would have been nice to have had *all* of the forms available then, so we could have had less to do the next time...parents could have been in and out quickly if not for having to fill out the forms the second morning.

But the 2d morning was well-run.  All the kids were greeted at the door, and there were folders of forms ready for the parents, a copier by the door so they could collect copies of documents right there.  There were teachers and helpers to play with the kids, and admin were on hand to answer questions.  I am not sure what other parents or children did there, but since we were applying for EEK, the testing was done at this time.

Overall, it was pretty painless -- a couple of hours out of the office two different mornings.  Our child saw friends at orientation, and is excited to go (passed EEK testing), which is the important thing.  Already sees the school as "my school"![/quote]

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