Bean and School

monday bean will start kindergarten. she is going to an alternative elementary school, a project adventure school. their mission is, "through the process of adventure education, students will achieve academic excellence, cooperation, and problem solving skills in an environment that fosters risk taking and mutual trust." there is a lot of learning by doing and other "hands on" opportunities. they will be taking special field trips, they have climbing walls and zip lines in their gym, and they go on a 3 day camping trip. i'm hoping that this is an environment where bean can grow and learn. (because it sounds damn cool to me!!) also, they recieved a technology grant and are installing smart boards in 5 classrooms- bean's is one of them. it is so cool that they will have an interactive board not just a plain old chalkboard!
before you ask, no it is not a private school. we could never afford that. it is one of the public elementary schools in our city. here you can put your kid into a lottery to get into a school other than your neighborhood school. we got lucky and got into this one. :)

she went to her assessment today. she READ two books while she was there... i didn't know she could do that. i know that she used the pictures to figure out some of the words but i don't care, she needed help with ONE word in two books (the word "write" because the w is silent). i was impressed! after that was over she didn't want to leave. she tells her teacher, "i LOVE school!" the teacher said that made her very happy and she couldn't wait to see her on monday for the start of school.

what do i think of all this. besides the fact that it is hard to believe that she is ready for kindergarten- she was just born yesterday for goodness sake- i'm ready for her to go. i don't feel sad. it doesn't bring tears to my eyes. i'm actually VERY excited for her. i think it is going to be a fantastic experience and can wait to see what she can do!