Lately, you have seen received a flurry of important letters and emails about Upper School course selections, registration and re-enrollment. Now, I must confess that sometimes even I find myself overwhelmed with the amount of messages in my inbox ... and every once in a while, one of them (ok, maybe two) might just get overlooked. But if there's anything you can do that will help this process go more smoothly, it's staying informed so that your child gets the classes he or she wants in the coming year.
As the parent of a rising sophomore boy, I definitely understand that there is always a bit angst among parents when it comes to change and new processes. (Perhaps if we had more time in the day to read our emails and keep ourselves informed, we wouldn't feel this tension!) But I want to share, from parent to parent, that the change in this year's registration process has been such a positive one for me and my family.
I was thinking back to when my oldest son, Mack ('10), was a student here and all the things I didn’t know (probably because I didn’t read my emails or the announcements). I remember that sometime in March, he'd come home and we'd have a brief conversation in passing during which he would nonchalantly tell me what courses he'd be taking the following year. I was always a bit confused as to why I wasn’t in the loop. I would ponder that for the rest of the evening and then head on to work the next day to tackle my inbox and forget about this brief interaction.
You can’t imagine how wonderful it was to actually be a part of the process with my son, Marshall (son #2). He walked over to my office one afternoon last week, I logged onto the website and within five minutes his course selections for 2012-13 were complete!
I want to take this opportunity to thank Darlington for allowing me to be a part of the process and also for the wonderful conversation my son and I had, followed by a hug (not just the usual grunting as is such a common vernacular for teenagers of the male persuasion). We were actually able to discuss the courses and possibilities for his future. I could clearly see what courses were available to him for the coming year as well as their descriptions.
Genius and yes, so easy a caveman (or cavewoman and her child!) can do it.
