The staff at Waterford Public and Waterford High have been awesome.
After consulting with Mr. M., we decided that Aidan would register for Grade 9 academic math at summer school. Mr. M. secured special permission for Aidan to attend straight out of Grade 8 - so that's done.
Aidan (Grade 9) will be homeschooled in Grade 9 English, French (with lots of support from M. Black) and Science and Aidan will keep working in business, media studies and tech and with Ms. MacKenzie's support, will seek accreditation in geography and phys ed. while away. We couldn't find another reasonable solution that works with Ontario's high school curriculum for academic levels but with such support, we're feeling much more confident about this fantastic educational experience for the kids.
Elizabeth will be homeschooled for Grade 6 in everything, again with much support including texts for her work.
I've purchased a few books for English and other studies and am confident the kids will really enjoy the experience.
Reg will attend school in the fall, Mr. M. has assisted for second semester work while he's with us. He managed to get all of his core subjects in the fall at school and will take electives while with us.
I'm going to have to brush up on French, tidal charts and plumbing technology.
We're also taking my Spanish books for our hoped-for trip to Cuba!
The big trick will be loading up our rather small bookshelf with materials for the floating schoolhouse. The kids will also be corresponding with teachers (did I mention how great they are?) via their laptops. Elizabeth is just setting up her own blog and will soon correspond with her two classes - enrichment at Elgin and Ms. Deleye's class at Waterford Public.
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