A New School Plan

We are enjoying the last couple weeks of summer.  It has been such a good summer, which we don't take for granted after a summer of hospitals, surgeries, and radiation last year.  As we came closer to this next school year starting, one of Kelly's goals was to be able to attend school part of the time.  She knows she can't keep up with school full time since she has her chemo treatments every other week that she'll have to miss school for, and it takes a couple days to recover.  But she was isolated much of the time last year from kids her age, so she really wanted to be able to go to school and be with other teenagers for at least part time.  So, after some discussion with the guidance counselor at her high school, we had a meeting today with her, and some other high school staff to come up with a plan that work for Kelly and the high school.  I am so grateful to these people that have come up with ideas that Kelly is so excited about.  Kelly will remain with her home tutor at home for her main subjects  (she is so happy to have you, Karey!)  and she will get to go to school in the afternoon for her electives, French and Ceramics.  If she wants to, she can have lunch at school too, since her 2 classes will start right after lunch.  The French class will be a trial the first month or two to make sure Kelly can keep up with the absences she will have.  She is also happy because she already knows that one of her friends will be in her French class. That really made her day, Rachel!  Kelly is thrilled she will get to spend time on campus with everyone else and just be a normal teenager for part of her day once school start September 4th.  Until then, she is working with her tutor to finish some of her freshman credits.  She is still behind in her freshman classes since she couldn't do any school work last year until late November.  Thanks to everyone who helped make this happen for Kelly.  It means so much to her to be able to do something normal.