New Adventures

     So summer is almost over, and we are starting a new journey in this house with Connections Academy.   For those who don't know, that is an online public school program, but the kids will be now studying at home.  We've loved the teachers they had at the public school they were attending, but Connections has so much more to offer than what they could get at the local public school.   It wasn't a choice, really, in the end.   But it will be a big change for us.  I have to remind myself to breathe every once in a while, because this seems like a huge task right now.   But the school room is ready, and so are the boys.   We will do this.    One day at a time.  
     Initially, we were just going to sign our youngest up, because he finished his work quickly and then was bored in the traditional classroom, and we wanted something where he could keep advancing.  The oldest wanted to go to middle school, because they had an exciting program called "STEAM" which was science, technology, art, math, engineering classes. But then, due to lack of teachers, they won't be offering this to the sixth graders.   Luckily, we already had our youngest enrolled, so when we looked at what Connections offered sixth graders, it was overwhelmingly positive.  So here we are.