Gavin is Accepted to Arthur Academy!

Many of you know we've been waiting for months to find out if Gavin will be attending Arthur Academy Charter School next year for Kindergarten. Well, I finally got the call the other day and Gavin has been accepted....yay!!!!

We know several families whose kids either currently attend Arthur Academy or have in the past and we've heard nothing but rave reviews. However, due to space restrictions, they hold a lottery each year and only accept 25 kindergarteners and I have no idea how many children applied. Although we've been praying and hoping that Gavin would be accepted, I was also very guarded in my excitement, knowing that there was always the chance he wouldn't be chosen. Our public schools are actually quite good (I've heard great comments by many local families) so I knew that we were in a win-win situation. However, I still crossed my fingers for Arthur, knowing that they have an excellent reading program and that it would really give Gavin a head start in that area. I also just looked up Arthur Academy on GreatSchools.net (a site that gives all kinds of great information about schools) and found outstanding parent reviews!

Gavin is already getting excited. He has asked me to drive past his school twice already. He is still not quite understanding that he has to wait until September to begin going there...when I took him to preschool yesterday he asked me if that was going to be his last day at that school. Its funny because he shows real mixed emotions. At first, he was very sad when I talked about the new school. I soon realized that he knew that meant he'd have to leave his friends from preschool. Of course, I then explained to him that all of his preschool friends were going to other schools as well and that we'd just have to keep in touch with his closest buddies. That seemed to cheer him up and he is very excited about the new school now.