Today Bailey and I went to the high school to speak to her counselor about her upcoming return to school. The doctor has OK'd her returning on a "part time" (3 classes a few days a week) status on November 1st so we really needed to figure out what the game plan would be. Our plan was to visit Ms. Okey and then attend "First Lunch" and see some friends. After that we would make some stops into her fourth and fifth period classes to see some friends and talk to the teachers. After that she was going to visit the principal with a few friends to ask him about the benefit/fundraiser that the kids want to have in honor of Bailey.
Well the first part of our plan didn't quite work out like we wanted. We didn't have an appointment with the counselor so we had to wait until she was done registering new students before we could see her.
Bailey decided that she really wanted to give the AP and Honors classes a try so we had her put back into her original English and Pre-Calc classes and then switched her Social Studies class from its original 5 period to one during 3rd period. I thought this was very tidy and fine. We had figured out what 3 classes she would have and it would be OK for her to attend class a few days a week. Bailey thought it sucked. Turns out none of "her group" are in the 3rd period S.S. class so this stressed her out. Also, she didn't want to drop German so we had to see if the teacher would work with us on any type of alternate scheduling. And let's not forget about band...
After the disappointed water works stopped we headed off to speak to her German teacher. I barely got the words "we were wondering" out before she said "yes, I have a plan!" So, our big plan for German is that Bay will attend class when she can and will work with her fellow students to make sure she doesn't fall behind. We were very proud of this outcome. It was almost like we thought of it!!
After our great success with the German teacher we headed off to see Mr. Hoehn. We figured it couldn't hurt to ask him if Bailey could stay in the Symphonic Winds band even though she can't play her instrument. He was more than happy to accommodate her. He said that he had been thinking about ways that she could be involved and thought that maybe there was a percussion instrument that could be played with one hand. It was awesome!
So our trip to the school to get registered for "part time" school turned into Bay being registered as a full time student! Fingers crossed that she doesn't get overwhelmed and that she can keep up. I know that she will be heart broken if she has to back off and give up some classes. She loves school so much it confuses me. I was never this dedicated to school at her age. What a nerd.
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