Kindergarten at Wise Kids School of Muntinlupa

After Chloe’s 5th birthday last June 1st, she entered this school year (2006-2007) as a Senior Casa student (Kindergarten as they called it during my time). Enrolled in the same school as last year, Wise Kids School of Muntinlupa, had more to offer … They surprised us parents with a NEW Annex Building exclusive for their pre-schoolers …

December of last year, the school asked the assistance of the parents so that they could improve the school’s facilities and system. An early reservation fee of Php 1,500 for the following school year meant being given the old tuition fee rate plus 25% discount on books. It was a good incentive so we grabbed the offer. Besides, we were happy with the school and had faith that they will continuously try to improve the system and its facilities.

Summer came by and an improvement in the school facilities were imagined as painting of the school or addition or fixing of tables and chairs … nothing aggressive. However, come the Parent Orientation Day, we were surprised to hear that a New Building has sprung for the pre-schoolers! That made my day :) I was very happy to hear about this and was very excited to see the new building.

The first day of school came, this time, excitement came not from attending classes for the first time but from seeing what the new building had in store for us. It was located across the old building and was a corner lot with a single detached house that was newly renovated to fit a pre-schooler’s needs. It was spacious … high ceilings … well-ventilated with lots of windows where fresh air passed through … surrounded by plants and trees … new tables and chairs, white boards and black boards, airconditioned rooms, bigger wash area and separate bathrooms for girls and boys. These mentioned were the things I observed to be great improvements of the school.

The good news does not end here … these were just physical improvements. System-wise, I am proud to say that the school knows how to “listen”. We parents have made comments and suggestions from last year’s experiences and are now very appreciative to see that the school has taken these into consideration.

Did I mention that the school is not Catholic? Yup, they are NON-SECTARIAN and are being run by Christians. Since I am a Catholic, I have been discouraged from the start by others that it is not good to enroll my daughter in such a school because they teach differently from those of the Catholic practices. On the other hand, I have heard very good feedback from other parents whose children are enrolled there. I decided to give the school a chance …

So far, upto this point in time, I am still satisfied with what I see and one of the plus factors I like about this school is that the administration are very easy to talk to. They truly listen and are action-oriented …

On a different note, Senior Casa is different from Junior Casa. Chloe as a Junior Casa student last year served as a preparation … it was an introduction to the alphabet … its letters and sounds … of numbers from 1-50 … of colors and shapes … of values … and more.

This year, Senior Casa is a follow-up from what the children have learned from the previous year. This time around, the alphabet is mastered with familiarity of the letters, its sound, how it is written, of beginning, medial and last letter sounds of words … ordering of letters … sounding …

Math … numbers 1-100 are now being mastered … the children need to be able to count from 1-100 … know how to identify and write these numbers … know what number comes before and what comes after … know what number is greater than or less than or equal to.

Science … Chloe’s favorite subject … teaches about parts of the body, how to take care of your body, difference of boys and girls, etc …

Values … teaches about the Bible … stories from the Book … what values are learned from these stories and how it is applicable in our daily lives.

Chloe belongs to the afternoon class this year which is from 2-5pm. Last year she belonged to the noon time class (11am-2pm). The afternoon class last year was abolished because there were not enough students to make the quota.

The afternoon class is more beneficial for us. First, there are only 6-7 students per class compared to the 15-18 students per class of the morning and noon time classes. Second, Chloe is not pressured when going to school … she gets to eat breakfast and lunch at home. Third, preparing Chloe for school is also easier for me because I am no longer always in a hurry. Fourth, when she comes home, it is no longer hot because she leaves school by 5pm. Lastly, since we are expecting a baby this year, her new schedule will give me enough time to take care both children without any pressure.

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