The three W’s and H of choosing school

In choosing a school for your children, especiallylearning ability to the difficulty of the school
for kids who are just starting to attend school,curriculum.
parents should consider a few aspects of the• Who will manage them – Find out who
institution to be able to decide to which handsmakes up the school. Learn about their faculty
they are going to leave their children on.and how able they are to teach. Mingle with the
• Where your family is – Start off youradministrators, like the principal and the director,
school search around neighborhood. Look forand even to the other employees like the
schools that are near your home through thesecurity guard and the cafeteria personnel. See if
school’s print brochures, official website or bythese people are capable of handling students
visiting the place. Once you have learned whicheffectively.
schools are nearer, start looking for schools which• How they are going to learn – Visit the
are a bit farther. For younger kids, schools thatschool and check if the place has everything that
are accessible for an hour or less are advisable.a student needs to learn. Essentials like
Parents can transfer their children to a fartherblackboards or whiteboards, educational posters,
school once they are old enough to travel or livebooks, and laboratory equipment should be
in a dormitory on their own.present.
• What they will learn – Schools differ inAnother important thing when looking for the ideal
curriculum, or the set of courses a school offersschool is to hear your kids’ opinion. The kids
for a particular grade level. One school may haveare the ones who are going to attend school
a more advance curriculum than the other. Knowafter all, so they are the ones who can help their
the learning capacity of your children. There areparents decide better. The schools, for their part,
kids who can handle harder subject matters at ashould continue poster, flyer or brochure printing
young age, and there are also those who haveand updating their website to promote their
limited learning capacity. Match your kids’institution to potential students.