Bryan and I were looking up some programs with the girls last night. We feel that just because Natalie is home schooled doesn't mean she has to be isolated from the rest of the world. We only chose to home school her this year because of the ratings of the schools around us. The program we're using to school her with has higher ratings than any school curriculum in MD. The Calvert School home school program is great. They send you all of the materials you need for the year and suggest others that could also be used to reinforce a topic. Anyway... we want to put her into different activities so she can make some friends and be active. Both her and Allyson are now old enough to join pretty much anything they want. We showed them a bunch of different things like gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics, ballet, competitive cheerleading, and other dance programs.
Natalie's choice is cheerleading. Even after we showed her everything else. We played videos from youTube so she could see what they were like. She's pretty much got her mind set on cheerleading. So after we figured out that she wasn't going to be persuaded away from it, we started looking up programs around here. This is the one we chose. The Calvert All Stars is a cheer and dance program located in Owings, MD. It's about 30 minutes from us. No big deal. We like the program because they make everyone who signs up sign a code of conduct agreement. They have no tolerance for bullying and such. I also like that they have a "no cut" policy. If the children are willing to put in the effort to learn, they're willing to teach them. They are also willing to workout a special schedule for the children who are home schooled. I like that they make the effort. We won't need anything special for her, but it's still nice to know it's an option.
Allyson went for a more individualized sport. She wants to do gymnastics. She was even practicing her split last night before she went to bed! So we started searching and found The Chesapeake Gymnastics Club also located in Owings, MD. What's even better is that both programs are located in the same building. I won't have to leave either of them alone if they have classes on the same night. I love it because there is the option of private lessons for Allyson if she decides to take it seriously.
Both of the girls are really excited. Hopefully they'll be able to sign up and start soon. We want to take them to let them watch before they make up their minds. We'll have to schedule a day to do that soon.
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