Cornerstone Academy

A couple of months ago, Megan and I realized that Connor was getting awfuly close to being ready for Kindergarten, and we had no idea where he was going.

He will turn 5 on 9/8/2008, just missing the cutoff for public school. Our original plan was that if we didn't find anywhere else, we'd send him to his current school - Our Future Learning Center for their K program. Unfortunately they just changed their program to only offer Pre-K instead of full Kindergarten.

We started looking around, looking at all sorts of schools. We looked into Fay School, a great school in Southboro, but it was very expensive, and out of the way. We looked into some Montessori schools, but they weren't quite right.

Then we found a school that was perfect! Cornerstone Academy in Northboro. A small, academically oriented school - only 1 class of 10 students per grade, a focus on well-rounded children, located on a wooded area with nature trails. Exactly what we were looking for.

We then had to go through the admissions process. This was not something that I anticipated having to do until Connor was much older (like ready for College). Here's how the process worked:

• We filled out an application, including a picture and an essay describing Connor (more on this later)
• We had to get teacher recommendations from his current teachers
• He had to go for a 1/2 day interview, where the teachers observe him to figure out if he's a good fit
• Megan and I then had to go to an interview to find out if they like us
• We get accepted

As far as we know this process could stop at any point, and he could be rejected. So each part was nerve wracking and kept up nervous.

We found out today (April 2, 2008) that Connor has gotten into Cornerstone! This has been a long, but great process. I will be posting another entry with the essay that Megan wrote that got us past the first step, because I thought it was an amazing essay, and I would have been at a loss to figure out how to write an essay about my son.