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Home > School Life > Parent Perspectives: Looking Back LOOKING BACK My son Kevin is an eighth grader this year. I remember when we were looking for a new school for Kevin in the second grade. I heard about NMS from a friend of mine and she gave me a brochure. Kevin and I looked it over together and he went to visit for a day. On the way home Kevin said to me, “I believe that they really try to live up to what they say in their literature.” And I ask, “So what's that?” He said, “They really try to make learning fun.” Kevin started at NMS that fall. You know it's a great feeling when you get up to go to school every morning and your kids want to go. Sure there's the occasional, “I don't want to get out of bed,” but it's not, “I don't want to go to school.” I can honestly say that Kevin is kind, honest, fair, level-headed, can empathize, can manage his time very well, and so much more. Some of these traits are innate, but NMS teachers and parents foster them all and bring them to a level of understanding for each kid. One of these traits that we know is “all New Morning” is management of his time. I never have to say, “Did you get your homework done?” Kevin is always on top of that. He will ask me on Friday, “Are we going anywhere this weekend?” If I say yes, I then need to tell him when and how long we'll be gone. He wants to know if it's a place he can bring his books with him to do his work there. You can see him thinking, “Okay, I need to do homework at this time and I have a block of time at this time and I can take a break at this time.” I appreciate all of the teachers and parents who helped along the years. I feel Kevin can be himself and not be afraid to stand up for what he believes is right. When Audrey started as a teacher last fall, she said there was a day when some of the kids were tricking her, for something that they wanted to go their way (I can't remember what). Anyway, Kevin was able to say in front of the whole class, “Come on, you guys, you know that's not right.” Audrey said it took a lot of guts for him to do this in front of his friends. Kevin will be graduating from the eighth grade this year. Over the past couple of weeks we have visited several schools and went to a couple of open houses for prospective high schools. Kevin says to me “Mom I'm ready to go to high school.” And I think to myself, “I'm not,” but I know in my heart that he is. Each Parent Perspective was written by a different New Morning School parent. The names of the parents and children have been changed to protect the confidentiality of parents and children. |
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