Part 2

So we decided to place our son in a private Christian school. It was a small setting that did project based learning and met children at their own pace. One of the things I really liked about the school was that it was a split class of 2 grades 5/6. There were only 13 children total in the class.

The school was quite expensive and with no job opportunities lining up we had to make a decision. The decision was made easier however, when we received the standardized test scores. As I suspected, the curriculum was innovative but not as rigorous as my child needed. So in the areas where I taught him in the evenings at home: vocabulary and math concepts he scored well beyond his grade level. Vocabulary scores were at a 9th grader in their 7th month level and Mathematics concepts were at 8th grader in their 3rd month. All other scores were average 6th grade level and even a few below.

I realized that even with the nicer setting of this Private school----NO institution was going to give my child what I felt he needed and that is an exceptional learning experience.

I am providing my son with just that---and my daughter is being provided one as well. I am not anti school at all I am PRO-exceptional learning experiences.

This is exciting and frustrating and tiring.