Class of 2025

This past week Dave, Cole and I attended our local school district's kindergarten round-up & registration. Although Cole has gone to Montessori for three years now, the change to our public school (and their schedule) will be an adjustment for all of us. After completing 80 pages of paperwork before hand, there were additional things to sign-up for like assessments and bus safety events. Last fall, I went to the Open House which was a tour of the classrooms, chats with the teachers and an overall presentation about its IB Programme based curriculum. What was thrilling about this recent week's evening was watching Cole enter the building and feeling his outright excitement. He "oooohhhed and ahhhhed" at so many things. Once a shy and hesitant boy, he was at ease as he played around with some of his fellow playmates with whom he will attend kindergarten with. While the parents then listened to current families speak about their Kindergarten year and the principal and the IB Programme Coordinator talk about the merits of Aquila Elementary, the kiddos were shuttled to classrooms to spend some time with their potential classmates and teachers. As the presentation began, the Welcome to the Class of 2025 banner was pointed out. That was a WOW moment for me as now that year took on a whole new meaning. Following the presentation, the kiddos paraded onto the stage, having learned the school song. They had all gotten goodie bags with pencils/erasers/math playing cards et al and Cole was beaming as he found us in the crowd and waved. I have good vibes about next year as much as I will forever hold a dear place in my heart for Orono Montessori where my little guy was doted upon by his beloved teachers during some of his most formative development.