Moving to a new residence may bring both excitement as well as dilemma to any parent. Concerns about the proximity, fees, quality of education and teaching methods raise to both parents and children. You may opt to either public or private school education for your child, but the solution is simple: get yourself some immersion.1. Make sure of what you and your kid want in a school.
Do you like a school that is near work so it will be easier for you to drop and pick them up? Do you prefer a school that is run by your church? It all depends to you and your child. No matter what features you want in your school, you have to stick to the basics: proximity, school environment and quality of education.
2. Get a list of prospective schools and contacts months prior to school opening
Get online and check school listings in the new area. Sites like ourchild.net provides a comprehensive search tools for schools that can be filtered into different categories and needs. You can search the local school board and save an initial list of schools by proximity.
3. Filter-out schools that do not meet your initial needs
Next is to scrap out school listings that take more than an hour to commute, or are way too expensive (unless you don’t mind the budget). Stick to what you initially have in mind. Your list will funnel down to such that you can initially call or search online. You can search their website or Facebook pages. The nice thing about social media is that you can also have an idea of what kinds of students do they have.
4. Take advantage of open houses
Schools organize open houses wherein you are free to visit and get the feel of the school environment. Take you kid with you, let him mingle the students. Take the opportunity to ask questions such as admission requirements, school standards and culture.
5. Finally ask your kid what he/she thinks
Are you up to develop your kid’s competitive edge by sending him to an very prestigious academe? Why not? In as much as you want him graduate from best school around, it will still be your kid’s decision in the end. He must feel as nervous as you are in a new environment, so letting him choose where to study is a great way to make him adapt and get comfortable easier. The least thing you would want to see is a grumpy kid who hates school, right?
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