Big School Ready

As AY 2016-17 will be Z's final year at preschool, my husband and I have been scouting the metro for the perfect big school. I am frightened that Z will undergo a huge transition as he's from a progressive, small class school. In ISYC, there's only 10 students under two teachers for each class.

official class photo courtesy of ISYC

"DO-RE-MI" pictorial courtesy of ISYC

Everybody knows who's who in the school and frankly, that is one of the reasons why I enrolled my son there. It was like a family where kids can learn together and be protected from bullies. But, the inevitable has to happen and I have a year and two months to figure out where we will send our little one.

As a product of an all-girls school, I am leaning towards an exclusive all-boys school for Z. My husband is slightly opposed to the idea as he thinks it is best to send Z in a school where he can interact with both genders. We are still debating on the PROs and CONs of exclusive versus co-ed schools so I'll deal with that later.

So far, we came up with six schools that we think would suit our son's needs. Here is our list:

ALL-BOYS SCHOOLS

Ateneo de Manila Grade School
Marist School of Marikina
PAREF Northfield School for Boys

CO-ED SCHOOLS

Manila Waldorf School
UP Integrated School
Ingenium School

We plan on visiting all these schools before we actually let Z take the entrance exams because we believe it will still depend on how Z will react to the school and if he'll like the environment. For the mean time, I will update this page on a regular basis once I get more information about the schools I have mentioned above.

Wish us luck, mommies! Choosing the right big school is really difficult and tricky because our child's future depends on it. But, whichever school Z ends up with, my only wish is he'll love it and enjoy his stay there.