I am not sure if I am the only parent who is stalking the prep school that their child has been admitted to accepted to but I wanted to share my recent experience. I have been looking for reviews to see what everyone has to say, good and bad and have found a few but not many. A little over a week ago I found a review from last year on a social networking site where the parent stated that her daughter was a freshman and she and her child loved the school, gave a few details and discussed specifics about the school. I decided to send her a simple message to inquire as to whether they are still happy. I didn’t get a response so I chalked it up as “i don’t talk to strangers on the internet.” I didn’t blame them and forgot about it. Yesterday i received a response from her stating that she and her child still love the school, she went on to tell me about her child whose personality mirror my daughter, the things her daughter enjoy which mirror my daughter’s interests etc. She offered to meet me in the school cafeteria for dinner (which will not happen simply because I am 4 hours away and she is 30 minutes away and school ends next week.) She then gave me her telephone number to call or text her when I come into town so the children can meet. So I go home and share this with my daughter who is pretty shy. I am reading parts of the conversation from the messages to my daughter, I did not realize she was reading ahead from behind me and she says, "Did I see Dr. Who and Supernatural?..OMG, she is my new best friend!) She asked me to ask the mother if her child has snapchat. I did and to make a long story short, the girls were chatting for hours last night. Just another thing to put a parent at ease when your child is going to a place where you know no one.
@Sarrip, you are not alone! I just call it “research” rather than stalking… ;
@GoatMama, LOL, I guess that’s what it should be called but my kids have said that I have stalkish behavior when it comes to them at times. you know, checking their phones, wanting to know their whereabouts at all times, wanting to meet their friends parents before they can go over to their houses etc. “Researching” the school has become somewhat of a daily thing. Rereading things that I have read before etc…
@Sarrip , we sent our DD to two BS summer programs in the new england area before we applied to boarding school this last fall. And it helped her decide if she wanted to attend boarding school and allowed her to make friends with kids from all over the world. She has stayed in touch with many of them and some are going the BS she is going to in the fall and others to nearby BS that are in her sports league so she will be seeing them throughout the year. she will also be attending another BS summer program this summer in New Hampshire. keep in mind we live west of the Mississippi (far far away). she is a very outgoing person so she loves meeting new people.
@caged_bird that was a great idea! Wish I had thought of that. The idea of boarding school came upon us pretty recently. Now that we have had this exposure, I wish my older children had an opportunity to experience it, but they are long past high school now.
^^^^^^ +1000 to @doschicos - and to add to that: a summer lazing around, hanging with family and friends is never a wasted endeavor (especially when you are pre-high school).
Oops, I just read attendance is not optional! I stand by what I said but, obviously, the situation is a bit different in this case.
@london203, yes, it is a different situation but my daughter is so excited for the summer program. She will have the opportunity to do absolutely nothing for the entire month of August (which is something that she has never done before). This is also something that she is super excited about.