A testimony:
I started researching daycare's for the twins back in October. When I found Saint Mark's Montessori school I was taken away with it, and really wanted to register the boys there. The application process was rigorous to say the least. We had to go to an open house, a classroom observation, fill out the application and pay the fees, and then go to a parent/teacher/student interview just to be emailed one week later saying that we weren't accepted into the program due to Ryan's inability to follow directions during the interview. Mind you, my son is only TWO years old!
So I went back to the drawing board. I would look up a school, go to yelp and google reviews to read about people's experiences, go to MapQuest to see how far it is from our house, my job, and Kevin's job. Then I would go to the DSS website and read every complaint filed over the last two years, and finally I would call the daycare to see if they had any openings available. Once I did all of that, I would usually tour the daycare on the way home from work. I did this entire spiel over and over and over again. All the daycares we liked were either too far of a commute, or didn't have any openings. The ones that had openings were dirty, had too large of teacher to student ratios, were outdated, etc. etc. Every school I went to that had an opening made me feel like I was compromising on something in the long run, be it small cramped classrooms, or what have you.
Then I stumbled on a thread in one of the mom groups where someone mentioned that they loved Little Flock Christian School. I had been to every school within a 15 mile radius of my house but didn't remember coming across that one, so I googled it. When I looked up reviews it had 4.8 out of 5 stars, NO DSS violations, and an outstanding curriculum. Then I Map Quested it, and it ended up being only 2.5 miles from my house! (How did I miss it?!) So I called them Tuesday morning to see if they had any openings, and they did! That's when the principle said "We usually do tours on Tuesday mornings. I know its short notice but if you have time to come in we would love to show you the school." Coincidence that it just happened to be a Tuesday that I called???
After the tour I was completely shocked. The school was huge, clean, had age appropriate toys, taught Spanish AND Arabic, I could go on, and on. I left feeling like a weight was lifted off of my shoulders. I didn't even wait to tell Kevin before starting the enrollment process. Here is the kicker, they have a referral program where if you refer another student you can get one month of free tuition. When I was going back to the fb thread to find the person who recommended the school, the thread was gone. I searched by keyword and everything, it's like the thread was never there.
It feels like everything that has happened up to this point was meant to happen. We found a school with firm Christian values, close to our home, reasonable tuition prices, will allow the boys to be in the same class, has openings, and has a mind blowing curriculum. Not only that, included in our application folder was an article:
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So today Kevin and I are meeting with the principle to turn in Mason and Ryan's birth certificates and shot records, and we will formally be a part of the Little Flock Christian Academy's family. We couldn't be more excited.
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