We have decided to put Charity in public school next year. She will be in 6th grade, already starting middle school. Could I have a daughter that old? I feel like a broken record with how many times I refer to time going by so fast! I still cannot grasp that idea. I never get use to it.
She will be attending 3/4 time. I will still homeschool math and history. I don't want to let go of these. At least not for middle school. Our math program is fantastic! I LOVE it, and Charity really does well with it. We are studying history sequentially and she is doing really well with that too. But everything else she will take at school. She is really excited, which is such a change from even a month ago. She told me that she wanted to be home schooled all the way through high school. She was really set on that. After we went over what all her options would be for middle school and high school and the fact that she can still do a few things at home, she was sold.
So my baby is off to school again.
We are working hard to be finished with this years curriculum by the end of April, before the state testing that she will take. Charity told me that her brain hurts from all the work. Saturday's are a much better proposition now. My kids don't like too much time away from school. (We don't take the summers off for that reason) Saturdays have never been a really big thing. They are now! I'm grateful my kids are really being stretched! It's good for them.
We will finish this school year by the end of April, take a few weeks off and then start next year's curriculum. We don't do as much during the summer, but it will give us a nice head start for the upcoming school year. Then we will start a whole new schedule with Charity in school. That is how it always seems to work. You just get settled in to a new routine and then you get to change it up once again. Keeps us on our toes. I'm looking forward to it though. Charity's going to have some amazing experiences I could not provide her at home. She will do wonderful!
I was shocked when I read this hon! I am positive you've got your reasons and have prayed about it all, I'll add your family to our prayers as Charity heads back into the public schools. I imagine that's going to be a hard adjustment all around come fall. ((HUGS))
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