First Day of School

Can you believe that today was Kacie's first day of Kindergarten?

She'll be attending Holomua Elementary in Ewa Beach. I went for a parent orientation last week and was very impressed with the campus. It's a pretty new school (little over 10 years old) and everything still looks really clean and all the classrooms are air conditioned (thank goodness!). They're also very big on computers and have at least 6 in each classroom.

The principal, Norman Pang, recently won the Leeward District Principal of the Year and the 2007 Masayuki Tokioka Excellence in School Leadership Award. I had a chance to talk to him at the orientation and he was very nice but a little goofy.

The school currently runs on a multi-track system which basically means that there are too many students to attend school all at once, so they take turns. Kacie is in the red track which means she'll be in school for the next 2 weeks then will be off for 3 weeks. After that, she'll be on for 2 months, off for 3 weeks, on for 2 months, off for 3 weeks. Crazy, huh? Luckily, with our work schedule we can handle this. I don't know what families with 2 full-time working parents do for childcare!

After the drama of beginning pre-school, we were a little worried about how Kacie would react to this new adventure. We tried to prep her as much as possible by telling her what a great school it is, the new friends she'll make, and all the time off she'll have. It must have worked because she did very well. When it was time to go to her classroom, she gave me a hug and walked in. No tears. No hesitation. Our little girl is growing up.

Excuse me while I grab a tissue. *sniff*