Saturday, January 31, 2009

Is Case off to school?

This past Thursday we went to visit the boarding school Case is interested in attending. Yes, you saw that right. I wrote BOARDING school. How did this come about? It actually started out as a joke and as it progressed Case decided he might actually like to try it. He chose Rabun Gap Nacoochee School in Rabun Gap Georgia. It is a 100+year old school on 1000 acres in the Foothills of the Smoky Mountains. By coincidence (or fate),one of my coworkers partners is in admissions there. They were nice enough to let Case spend the night and attend school with her the following day while we followed behind and came for a parent interview at the close of the school day. Case shadowed a student with similar interests and we all joined up after the interview for a tour of the campus. I was very impressed with the familiarity and camaraderie the teachers shared with the students. Many of the teachers and their families live on campus. The atmosphere is one of family and community. I think we were all very pleased and impressed. Now... if only we could find that treasure map... we might could figure out how to pay for it...where did it go... i know it was around here somewhere...