First Day at Ballico School

Ashlee and Mikayla started attending Ballico School today.  And yes, I did it again.  I did not get any pictures of their first day.  We had to get there early so they could get their schedules and get their chrome books.  They use Chrome Books instead of text books at this school.  Everything is done on the computer.

Mikayla loved it, Ashlee isn't so sure about the whole thing.  She is more or less just dealing with it.

Fast Forward a few days/weeks:

-I thought to take a picture many times, but for some reason or another the girls didn't want me to do it.
-Mikayla (who has always had issues with wanting to go to school) says "Mom I actually like school now, but that doesn't mean I don't like being at home either."  Finally, she likes going to school.  Hopefully it will stay that way!
-Ashlee enjoys having some time in the morning to relax before going to school. And is starting to get a bit more use to things.
-I enjoy the fact that our commute has been cut from 80 minutes a day to 20 minutes a day, the girls don't have to get up so early in the morning and they get out of school 25 minutes earlier 4 days a week.
-All the food served at lunch is homemade.  They BBQ meat for Carne Asada, make homemade cookies, waffles, etc. The girls still bring their lunch from home, but are scoping out what they would like to try in the future.
-They have PE 4 days a week and run the mile once a week.
-There is less homework.  The principal feels like after school kids should be with their families and doing extra curricular activities so some class time is give to do homework.  I like his thinking!
-They have a 15min  break in the morning and students are allowed to go have snacks like yogurt, fruit, muffins, etc.  All for like 75cents.  Mikayla loves that!  She will not eat breakfast in the morning, so this allows her to eat without waiting until lunch.
-Mikayla tried out for the volleyball team and made the team.  She has done very well.  The coach says she is an asset to the team.  She has been mentioned a few times on the morning announcements at school for her "Ace serves" and the number of points she has scored.

So far we are starting to get the hang of things.  Trying to get use to all the technology has been a bit of a challenge, but it has also been a life saver as well.  We are still getting use to it all, but things seem to be getting better.  There have been a couple of issues one with a student and some with a teacher, but hopefully we will get through it.

Last week I received a call from a friend at our old school, telling me that the math teacher was being fired.  They had too many parent complaints, all the student's were failing, and either the VP or Principal had to be in the class pretty much at all times to watch him because things were so bad.