JayS
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jmlaw said:IMO, the benefits of a wonderful trip with his family far outweigh the negatives at this point in his life!
I'll Second that.
jmlaw said:IMO, the benefits of a wonderful trip with his family far outweigh the negatives at this point in his life!
HappyLawyer said:As a former teacher, middle school ED/BD i had kids miss school because they wanted to stay sleep, i looked at things this way, first with everything going on in the world today, we need to enjoy every minute we can, think about the number of kids that go to disney or even on a vacation, now imagine all the ones that don't and never will. I have a sister who is rich, my neice lives a good life, i overheard her talking my my dtr telling her she is so jealous of her because we go to disney, point is even people with the means to go are not always abel to due to work etc.... thankfully my sister and her kids we be going with us for the first time.
Pocohantasfan said:Okay, I have to put in my 2 cents worth too. My DD8 will be in 3rd grade and I've already discussed with her teacher that we will be going on vacation in October. She said she was fully aware of DD's grades as she pays attention to the upcoming students as well as the ones she has in her class. DD is an all A student and she will not penalize DD for being out. There are a few hoops that I have to go through, like write a letter of authorization to the principal, but at the end of the day, we'll be going anyway. Then luckily, we found out that fall break is during the week we'll be gone, so she will only lose 2 days of work. If DD was having problems in school, etc., then I would think twice but I don't have a single worry about it. Her teacher is even going to work with her to get some of her work done before she leaves and can work on some when she gets back or we can take it with us.
nurseypoo5 said:See this is where the fear for me sets in, i can see the school board making an example out of my child for missing 3 1/2 days. Part of me wants to lie and act dumb and pretend i thought fall break started the week we left instead of the next week (were going to be gone 2 weeks, 6.5 school days are off anyway, he will miss 3.5 days). I was just going act dumb, but now i guess not, i'll buck up and just nonchalantly tell the teacher...btw, Tyler will miss 3 days of school in Sept so i want to let you know in plenty of time, i'll have him write a report on his trip day by day, like a diary .
Try not to give her to much of an option for argument, but still be nice as pie
THanks ya'll
Liz
LuvOrlando said:When we went to WDW, Seaworld & Universal this past Feb both of my children's teachers, grades 1 & 2, requested journals. At first I didn't think much about this, I thought it would be one more thing to do when we came home.
I figured I could let the kids use our photos to help them remember what they did each day so when we got back I had 3 sets of pictures developed (kept one) and gave one to each child. While I was at Walmart I picked up 2 clear white 1 inch binders and 4 sets of clear 3 ring paper protectors to hold their photos as day markers. When we sat down to work I made both DD & DS a pile of photos for each day in Orlando. While they were writing their journals they could flip through the pictures and select 1 photo per event they described. When they finished it was 1 page per day + 1 page of photos per day. Since our trip was 10 days the journals took 3 days to finish.
When my children were done I realized that finally I had a way to preserve WDW through my children's eyes. Both of my children got A's on their reports but I got 2 treasures I'll keep forever.
torinsmom said:Seventh grade IS a big deal, and it is important that kids and parents take it seriously. If a teacher gives make-up tests for every child who goes on vacation, and then half the class misses one week during the school year, the teacher could be stuck having to give make-up tests each week. Is it fair for a teacher to have to work an hour extra so that your child can go on vacation? And if they do, won't your child expect that courtesy in high school and college, where it is not gonna happen?
of school for the trip.
Marsha