After getting all the insights, helpful inputs from friends and relatives … we’ve decided, Sam will be a PAULINIAN.
Hubby and I tried to weigh things, the pros and cons of letting Sam stay at Poveda last night. And the only thing stopping our decision, hubby’s ultimate desire to have daughter from Poveda. His perception of good quality education was somewhat biased and thinking Poveda will be the best environment for her to grow academically, spiritually, emotionally and morally. (actually, I was able to pin down the right word for his school choice : BRANDING! aha!)
I don’t have any complaints in St. Paul. I love my alma mater. Coming from the same school makes me happy thinking my daughter will have the same Paulinian core values I have now.
The deciding factor was the input we got from MIL, a school principal. We went to my in-laws house last night to share our school dilemma. Surprisingly, my MIL was not bothered with the additional one year at Poveda. As for my previous post, this is my main concern. For me, it is a waste of time, money, effort going through the same phase (toddler) she had last time. My MIL take on this, four years quite long but if we are really keen on putting Sam at Poveda … then we must bite the bullet of school policies and regulations. It is unfortunate she will be the oldest among the toddlers batch. She will be the oldest and probably the brightest since she’s already advanced for this level. BUT instead of thinking sayang one year … she pointed out that Sam will have classmates with 2.5 to 3.5 years old age bracket. Of course, being on the same class they will have same activity and curriculum. The young tots will start learning things that Sam already knew like colors, numbers, songs etc. The teacher will definitely do lessons based on the learning and readiness capacity of the class. Since Sam will be mixed with the tots, the teacher will adapt to the learning level of ... mostly, tots! Instead of Sam learning in advance, Sam will have to adjust with the learning capacity of her classmates. Rather than academically progressing … her learning capacity will be stagnated! It will be very unfair for Sam! MIL was able to hit the right logic!! :) Yes, the teacher might give Sam extra work, extra projects to challenge her mind but still, she will be trapped with the same learning age level. They will still be treated/handled the same way. Sam will be no special case since Poveda does not apply “accelerated” or promotion status at the mid-school year.
After hearing this, hubby was able to see the light at the end of the tunnel… hahaha! He was finally convinced that we are doing Sam a huge favor. Transferring her to St. Paul will be the best option.
Hence as early as 8am today, Sam together with yaya we are at the guidance office of St. Paul pre-school department. She was so excited to see the big school! She was greeted by the Ms. Trina, the guidance counsellor and Sister Teresita the pre-school principal. She was participative and cooperative during the session. As a matter of fact, I saw her liking Sister Teresita so much for she hugged and kissed the nun good bye when we left. She never showed that much affection to strangers before! And I was so happy… I know we’ve made the right choice.
Hubby and I tried to weigh things, the pros and cons of letting Sam stay at Poveda last night. And the only thing stopping our decision, hubby’s ultimate desire to have daughter from Poveda. His perception of good quality education was somewhat biased and thinking Poveda will be the best environment for her to grow academically, spiritually, emotionally and morally. (actually, I was able to pin down the right word for his school choice : BRANDING! aha!)
I don’t have any complaints in St. Paul. I love my alma mater. Coming from the same school makes me happy thinking my daughter will have the same Paulinian core values I have now.
The deciding factor was the input we got from MIL, a school principal. We went to my in-laws house last night to share our school dilemma. Surprisingly, my MIL was not bothered with the additional one year at Poveda. As for my previous post, this is my main concern. For me, it is a waste of time, money, effort going through the same phase (toddler) she had last time. My MIL take on this, four years quite long but if we are really keen on putting Sam at Poveda … then we must bite the bullet of school policies and regulations. It is unfortunate she will be the oldest among the toddlers batch. She will be the oldest and probably the brightest since she’s already advanced for this level. BUT instead of thinking sayang one year … she pointed out that Sam will have classmates with 2.5 to 3.5 years old age bracket. Of course, being on the same class they will have same activity and curriculum. The young tots will start learning things that Sam already knew like colors, numbers, songs etc. The teacher will definitely do lessons based on the learning and readiness capacity of the class. Since Sam will be mixed with the tots, the teacher will adapt to the learning level of ... mostly, tots! Instead of Sam learning in advance, Sam will have to adjust with the learning capacity of her classmates. Rather than academically progressing … her learning capacity will be stagnated! It will be very unfair for Sam! MIL was able to hit the right logic!! :) Yes, the teacher might give Sam extra work, extra projects to challenge her mind but still, she will be trapped with the same learning age level. They will still be treated/handled the same way. Sam will be no special case since Poveda does not apply “accelerated” or promotion status at the mid-school year.
After hearing this, hubby was able to see the light at the end of the tunnel… hahaha! He was finally convinced that we are doing Sam a huge favor. Transferring her to St. Paul will be the best option.
Hence as early as 8am today, Sam together with yaya we are at the guidance office of St. Paul pre-school department. She was so excited to see the big school! She was greeted by the Ms. Trina, the guidance counsellor and Sister Teresita the pre-school principal. She was participative and cooperative during the session. As a matter of fact, I saw her liking Sister Teresita so much for she hugged and kissed the nun good bye when we left. She never showed that much affection to strangers before! And I was so happy… I know we’ve made the right choice.
Ms. Trina gave us a tour of school facilities, classrooms and a one-on-one parent’s orientation (hah, we missed this also. so, special orientation din ako!) I felt we were given so much special treatment at St. Paul. Parang homecoming talaga! I paid her tuition fee, books, car stickers, uniforms in less than an hour … super bilis and convenient! Everybody was so helpful and accomodating! I felt mas masaya pala pag late enrollee ka! Special treatment! Hahaha!! Sam was even allowed to start her class tomorrow, Friday. But I opted not to… need her to get some school things pa! Wala pa sya school shoes noh! Hahaha!
So, we’ve decided Sam will officially start her class on Monday, June 30 at St. Paul Pasig. 10 days late..but what the heck, I know she will adjust and catch up!
Our dream of sending my daughter at Poveda may be a dream for now… probably by next year will transfer her as K1. Though she will be forced to complete until K3. But nevertheless, it will be different curriculum or lesson. Not for tots age na! Or probably transfer her by gradeschool na lang. I can transfer her not as Grade 1 (kasi laglag pa din sya sa age bracket! Paulitin sya ng K3) but transfer her as Grade 2 or 3 … I don’t think may pinag-repeat na Grade 2 di ba because of age requirement !?! Hahahaha! Let’s see… 5 years pa naman yon.
So it is now official . I have a Paulinian daughter…just like Mommy! :)
So, we’ve decided Sam will officially start her class on Monday, June 30 at St. Paul Pasig. 10 days late..but what the heck, I know she will adjust and catch up!
Our dream of sending my daughter at Poveda may be a dream for now… probably by next year will transfer her as K1. Though she will be forced to complete until K3. But nevertheless, it will be different curriculum or lesson. Not for tots age na! Or probably transfer her by gradeschool na lang. I can transfer her not as Grade 1 (kasi laglag pa din sya sa age bracket! Paulitin sya ng K3) but transfer her as Grade 2 or 3 … I don’t think may pinag-repeat na Grade 2 di ba because of age requirement !?! Hahahaha! Let’s see… 5 years pa naman yon.
So it is now official . I have a Paulinian daughter…just like Mommy! :)
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Congratulations for arriving with a decision that you and MIke are both at peace. You know in your heart you made the right decision and that really matters.
Your MIL pointed it our correctly. Exactly my predicament that Sam might get bored in doing the same things for 4 years before becoming a full pledged gradeschooler. Instead of being progressive, she would have to deal with what's on the curriculum set by school.
At least now, she would be on the same footing with her classmates. And you know in your heart that if she excels in her class, is because she is really bright and not because she was just ahead of comprehesion due to her age.
jacqui, a bit late na tong reply ko, sorry.
oh well, its a good thing that your MIL was able to hit the point directly. pwede talaga sya ma bore if she knows the lessons already, and there might be a small room for advance learning. i was partly homeschooled before entering pre school at an early age , and 1 month lng ako sa kinder coz i got bored with the lessons daw. i told the teacher na i know what she's teaching already.. haha! atribida! At least now, you have the peace of mind that sam can adapt well at her class, since she is of the better age gruop than before.
o sya, shop na for school materials :)
wow! i never knew it would be this complicated....i'm having a boy, so not much question where i would want to send him. pero kung girl nga, ang daming options in QC :) congrats! at least you're keeping the paulinian legacy in your family hehe!
hi jody.
This made our decision much easier. Of course, we don't want to sacrifice Sam's learning ability. And this is our primary concern.
And you are right, as parents we would rather see her excel because she's smart than she being ahead of her batchmates. Bata pa lang, nandaya na! lol. Pero isipin mo lagi kami nasa stage siguro ni Mike! Hahaha!!
Thanks dear for sharing your thoughts..really helpful! :)
hi peachy,
really...atribida ka na at kinder 1! bwahahaha! last resort nga namin ni hubby to ask MIL's thoughts if we don't arrive a winning argument.
Hubby is so convinced to stick her to poveda, ok lang daw one year. Meanwhile I am against it. Buti na lang MIL gave a very strong point that made hubby decide in less than 5 minutes! (isipin mo entire day kami nag-debate, di namin mapa-payag bawat isa sa POV namin! hahaha!)
Anyway, nag-shop na ako yesterday...at last! No rush na sa malls kasi ako na lang ata back to school shopper! Hahaha! Sayang lang was not able to prepare her for st. paul, should have bought her shoes online! hahaha! But ok lang din, got her really nice school shoes from Rustan's Fisher Price ! at sya pa namili! :)
hi nikki,
Actually it is not supposed to be complicated if my daughter was born earlier than the school cut off age. Alanganin kasi birthday nya kaya she was put to batch lower.
Kaya moral lesson, birthdays should fall on or before start of classes para sakto sa school age requirement. Hahahaha!
Thanks for dropping! :)
uy sis, tama nga si MIL mo...ganyan din dilemma ko for Bela. at least ngayon, naliwanagan din ako...
and congrats at paulinian na si Sam and you were able to arrive at a decision that you and mike are happy with.
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Hi, I'm K, currently a sophomore in Poveda. If you're thinking of transferring Sam to Poveda, I suggest you do it after Prep [that's what Kinder 3 is called in SPCP, right?] They'll put her in grade 1 :) Poveda is an amazing amazing school [I'm not putting St. Paul down, though ! Many of my family members are from there, too ! :)] and I think you should give it a chance, because IW will really help her in college and high school. :) In grade school, it may seem useless, but now I realize what it was for ! :D
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