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Things have been busy since we started classes.   Classes have been fun and busy and the kids have been really engaged.  The children learned about Hokusai and woodblock printing and Michelangelo and frescos in art so far.  Spanish is fun (and loud!) and is reinforced during our core day. 

 

The weather has been our friend and we have lunched outside and played for an hour each day with the exception of one. 

 

We finally have a rock star logo (above) from the great Jeanne Wilson at Markbeech Marketing http://markbeechmarketing.com/  We are so lucky she decided to share her talent with us.  We love how the logo really represents what we are doing.  We think it really shows how home and school are coming together to form something new in Richmond and you can’t miss the love.  Thanks Jeanne!  Your are talented and brilliant! 

 

We have also launched a Indiegogo campaign.  Our goal is to be able to provide this experience to any family that is interested, regardless of their ability to pay.   We really could use your support on many levels.  One thing we need to do is improve our ranking so more people see our campaign.   To help with this, spread the word.  Ask people to stop by and visit.  You stop by and visit.  Also comment, comment, comment!  It helps improve our rankings.

 

Look for an open house.  We are so tickled and thrilled with our “school” and we look forward to sharing it with people.  Even if it is not something your are interested in, we would really love to show it off to you! 

 

Thanks for all the support and good thoughts! 

It Was No Cake Walk

Sometimes... well typically really, things you think will be a total cake walk simply are not.  When deciding to do this I thought finding a teacher that was versed in child centered learning, that also wanted to teach part time, would be near impossible to find.  I thought finding a space that could accommodate us that wouldn’t kill the budget would be impossible. I was wrong… on both fronts.

We have had so many wonderful teachers contact us who were interested in the position. Who knew!  It made me realize we were on to something that not only resonated with parents, but with teachers. 

However, I had no idea space would be so hard to find and so expensive!  The first place we looked at I think falsely set our expectations.  It was a great space and the price was right.  So with that we set off to look at many, many, many more places thinking that the first place was just our jumping off point.  Either the space was wrong, or they were not interested in having a cooperative or they wanted way too much or typically all three.   Frustrated we had almost forgotten out our first place.  So we went back to the beginning and realized we should have just stopped there ages ago. 

We have signed no lease, so nothing is official; however, barring any complications we are proud to tell you our new home will be Westover Hills Methodist Church.

We hope to have some open houses once everything is official.  Stay tuned!

Here is a link to the church

http://westoverhillsumc.org/

Weekly Meetings

We will be having weekly meetings to discuss, curriculum, fund raising, and schedules.  We would love your input even if you don’t plan to participate until the following year.  This is your chance to shape the academy!  We meet every Thursday at 2:00.  To find out the meeting place contact us to be added to our meeting e-mails.