DealDash Helps: Choose a School
If you are able to choose your child’s school for the upcoming school year, now is about the time that you need to give them the decision. DealDash would like to extend a helping hand to assist you.
It can be a huge decision to find and choose the right school for your child. The school you choose can have an impact on their first friends, hobbies, favorite subjects, and in some cases even if they enjoy school or not! By knowing what to look for and weighing the pros and cons of each, you can make sure you make the best decision that you can.
My daughter is starting her first year of school in September, and I have made the decision to send her to a private Christian school. My son is twice her age and attends the local elementary school, and armed with the information that I have I have decided that the private school is better for her extremely sensitive personality. My friend’s son is the same age as my daughter but lives in a different town, and in her town they have a choice of 5 different elementary schools to choose from. Together she and I put together lists of what was the most important to us in terms of locality, languages, math/science based, music programs, sports, class sizes, and other factors.
Choosing your child’s first school, or in the case of high school students who get to choose if they will go to a traditional high school or a trade-based school is a huge decision that you don’t want to make without knowing all of the facts. After making your list of what are the most important things to you regarding school the next step is to look at what schools are available to you and weed out the ones that you are definitely not interested in. After you have cut down the list to a few (2 or 3) choices then the next step is to make appointments to go visit the schools in person.
If you encounter any resistance to seeing the school, meeting the teachers, or receiving a tour then you should probably ask yourself if this particular school is a good fit for you and your family. The school that I enrolled my daughter in had an open house, and after attending the open house they set up appointments to see the teachers in action. If the school that you are considering isn’t open to that then I would suggest that you keep looking elsewhere.
When you have secured appointments at the schools that you are interested in, be sure to bring a list of questions that you can ask the faculty. Try to remember to write down your questions as they come to you, once you are at your school tour you might not be able to remember them all.
After you have taken your tour, asked and received answers to your questions, and made your final decision about the school be sure to fill out all of the enrollment paperwork, pay fees (if any), and get copies of your child’s vaccination records to give to the school. If you skip any of these things your child might be denied entry to your first choice of school. Also be sure that you have a second choice of school on deck, just in case your first choice doesn’t work out for you.
I hope that this article has helped get you thinking about your child’s educational experience. Once you have made your decision about the school head on over to DealDash. DealDash has many wonderful toys, furniture, and educational items for kids in the Hobbies, Toys, Outdoors, and Games category. Good luck and happy bidding everyone!
