Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 13, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Education Winnipeg free May 1995 a15 ready for school better shop around right place for your youngster can be hard to find by Bruce Cheadle Canadian press it took two visits to four a daycare switch and some hardheaded talk with her spouse before Rebecca Montgomery found the right kindergarten for her eldest after Allim really not Happy with the says in mock despair four years its Tough because when you pick a school in you really dont know your Childs strengths or school administrators Are planning now for the fall school term and should Start thinking about its said Paul the author of the school a new guide to choosing teachers and programs for children random Ive talked to parents who have quite i dont want to have to Deal with i want to just put my kid into my local Public school and let it go at while Choice is academic in Many single school parents in other regions May face a smorgasbord of education options alternative schools denominational schools Middle and late French immersion More than one Choice of Public a masters student in education at the University of chose an alternative school for the Loose classroom Structure Hast worked with Grade 4 now the family is considering a i would like to know my kid could go to the school four blocks from my said unfortunately we have six schools we could go to and they All have a different even where Only a single school or school Board parents May still have plenty of special education and enrichment extracurricular social and academic programs and the Choice of particular teachers affect a Childs school As Montgomery has use the following checklist to evaluate a new school d school seems clean and Well cared d displays of student work in Halls and d principal is Friendly and d staffed q students seem Happy and d computer lab is working and used by kids and d school has schedule for extracurricular d school has House league a parents and other volunteers Are helping n classroom doors Are and inside looks d children Are and not just in the d Strong music program with band or d school has music or Art show or other special event a teachers up teaching or working with not behind their d classroom displays of current topics and d students seem Busy and d cafeteria and playground seem reasonably under o school has tradition of d teachers Greet each other As not just score five Points or each excellent school scores 8090 Good school 7075 adequate school source the school parents dont have to live or die by their first Beth a social worker and Mother of three in worries about what happens in Grade when her daughter Alex is scheduled to graduate to a Junior High with an ugly i spent most of my time with childrens Aid at that Laking said one option for Beth and husband Scott is to place Alex in a nearby roman Catholic school that runs to Grade although the family is not such choices now Are theres a system out there and it said a Toronto area High school teacher for 22 it will do tricks for you if you know How Kropp and retiring principal Lynda Hodson have compiled an owners manual for the education Tammy Hoyce they tackle the almost taboo subjects of choosing or changing teachers and suggest Quick intervention by parents armed with evidence collected at the first hint of theres advice on dealing with principals dont scream leave space for backroom manoeuvring and choosing High school programs aim you can always scale Back am i and 6aya thud Mead o besi the Handy things in brought to you by the pulp and paper makers of Canada ;