School Days

School days, that is for sure. And these school days are pertaining to me. I was accepted into St. Louis University as a doctoral student in the Educational Leadership and Administration program. Holy moly, what did I get myself into?! As many of you know I have always wanted that title behind my name and now I am going after it. I decided, with help from Peter, that now was the time to do it while the girls are still little and not into too many activities.
I went to orientation a few weeks ago and found out that the program has changed a little bit. Instead of it being a weekly Thursday night class it is 2 Saturday's a month. Each class will be held on 4 Saturdays from 9am to 5pm and that is for real. I went to my first class this past Saturday and actually got out at 5:10 to be exact. It was a very LONG day, but in the end will be worth it.
I chose SLU because they are one of the few programs out there that is a true cohort program and also because you can enter the program without having a specialist degree. The program is designed to encompass a specialist degree as well, but in the end you will have an Educational Doctorate. The program itself is a 38 hour program (7 semesters long). So by hopefully by the end of 2016 I will be done. I will be doing my dissertation with two other people in the program and that is determined by our advisor.
It will be an interesting journey, but an exciting one. I am excited to take the next step in my education and in my career. After this school year I will be actively looking for a principalship. By the time I am done with this program I will be able to eventually be a superintendent, but we will see about that. Not sure I will head that way or not. I need to become a principal first and go from there ;)

Kindergarten

Well our sweet Nora girl is a big kindergartner! I just can't believe it sometimes that I have a child old enough to be in a big school. She was so excited to go. The whole week before she kept asking if today was the morning she was going to get to go to kindergarten. So the day finally came and we got ready and headed off! Peter worked from home that day so he was able to go as well! We got there a bit early and when the bell rang we actually got to take her into her classroom and take some pictures. The plan was to drop her off in the mornings and she is taking the bus to me at Gotsch after school. For those of you who don't know she is going to Affton this year, so we can be on the same schedule. She is actually going to be riding the bus in the mornings too. There is a stop right in our sitters neighborhood and that way I won't be getting to work right when I am supposed to and it will give me a little extra time. Her good friend Lucy, from pre-k is in her class and the teacher put them right next to each other!! So far she has enjoyed the first two days of school. Her favorite part is the bus ride, go figure! Lots of new things for all of us!