February 22 - School Hopping

photo from the hopeacademy website
We're looking for a new school for Koko.

Repeat or not, we're seriously thinking of transferring him from Lourdes. He's not thriving there at imbis na pilitin, we'd rather transfer him to a school where he can shine and better hone his talents and boost his self confidence. Ang requirements for the new school would be:
1. Smaller student to teacher ratio - para mas mabigyan siya ng attention ng teachers
2. Closer location - so Koko has more time to study (yah right)
3. May preschool - para mabantayan n'ya si D'Gob (or should it be the other way around?)
4. Affordable tuition fee - With D'Gob going to school and Andy going to college, medyo tight ang budget
5. Quality education - kahit na hindi kilala, syempre dapat yung makakatulong pa rin kay Koko academically and prepare him for college

Today we visited three schools in Brookside. The top contender among our choices is Hope Academy. One section lang per year level, maximum of 30 students per class. It's just a jeepney ride away at may preschool din siya. The tuition fee is P40,000+ but they do have a plan that lets you pay an initial amount of P5000 only. Mukha namang okay yung pagturo nila kasi the school directress seems to be very proactive and concerned about the welfare of her students.

Aside from all these reasons, okay naman yung facilities nila. May computer lab and speech lab. May split type aircon pa bawat classroom. English ang medium of instruction. Yung science and math subjects nila may MSA (parang Kumon yata yun). May basketball varsity team pa sila that gets to compete with the big schools kasi it's a member of this association of schools ek (the only one na member sa whole of Cainta!) Tapos when we were being toured by Ms. Santos, the school directress, some of the students happily greeted her: "Good morning, Ma'am." Magagalang at mukhang matitino ang mga estudyante!

Sana Koko gets accepted. Anyway, whatever happens, sana we'll make the right choice.