After checking out 5 different preschools, I enrolled Spencer into 3 of them in the past 2 months. We were told that all the them do not have vacancy in this Sep and Spencer'll be 2.5 years old by that time.
1st one: gov't funded and under PFA program, big backyard with no public access, the classrooms are a bit packed, high ratio of chinese as it's in Chinatown, teachers speak mainly English with supplement of Chinese (for those kids come from China and the parents do not speak English), good mix of food (funding and assistant from gov't), at least I saw the milk guy sending a lot of milk to the school, extra discount on tuition when Amanda and Spencer go to school at the same time together. Only drawback is that some kids come from low income group and some of the parents do not teach manners. I heard a case that some kids were not having baths everyday and the teachers discovered that they had bugs in their hair. And, it's a bit far from my home, need to take 2 buses. Spencer has to be 2 years 9 months old and needs to be fully potty trained, no pull up.
2nd one: 4-5 blocks away from my home, walking distance. Definitely, it's a very small schools, small classrooms and small yard outside the school (everybody can see the kids and it's at the corner of the block), very strong academic curriculum, teach phonics and the older kids can go to kindergarten with no difficulties on being able to read and to write, accept kids from 2 years old onwards and need not to be potty trained if admitted before 3 years old. No vacancy now.
3rd one: in between the 1st and the 2nd, not convenient, need to take bus and walk. The school is very safe, everybody needs to call the school outside a gate; very big school, montessori type of school, safe and big outdoor backyard, accept kids without being potty trained before they turn 3, also under PFA program but a very very long waiting list.
Last Friday, my hubby received a call from the 1st school saying that there's a vacancy for Spencer in Sep but he needs to be fully potty trained. I'm sort of happy as we like this school but how can we get him to be potty trained in a month? He's not able to tell us before he poos or pees. He will let us know after that or when he wants the diaper to be changed. Also, I wonder why the school want to accept Spencer in Sep, he will not reach the minimum age by then.
[ 本文章最後由 rose-mag 於 08-7-15 06:02 編輯 ]
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