Parental Volunteer

I forgot to blog about this.

Daddy Lim and I had an interview with the VP of West Grove Primary (WG) 2 Fridays ago, after Lil Isaac’s medical appointment with the ENT specialist. The VP preferred to call it a “meeting”. The meeting, put in a politically correct sense, is to find out more about why the parents applied for parental volunteer (PV) with WG, how committed the parents are and also a good feedback channel for the school to feel the ground wrt its reputation in that area.

I did most of the talking and I am glad that I did my homework before the meeting. I was busy goggling the school’s webpage while Daddy Lim drove us to the school. Lil Isaac was napping after his appointment. His appointment overran, we were almost late and had to drag a sleeping Lil Isaac to the interview. Lol. Luckily the VP was friendly and didn’t mind having a meeting “with” a napping pre-schooler.

My answers were mostly politically correct too. Lol. I guessed I did a pretty good job. WG will only be taking in 15 PV. In this way, it is almost guaranteed that the students of all PV will get into the school. The VP was sifting through a thin stack of forms while talking to us. There were definitely more than 15 applications. The application closed on 29 March 13 and we will be informed of the outcome only in early May 2013. If we do become PV for WG, we will drop Frontier Primary (FP). We only have so much time. The completed PV form for FP is still sitting at home.

The WG VP was unable to give us an answer if we are definitely selected. However, he mentioned that our chances are really great since we are both Singaporeans, staying within the 1km radius and so enthusiastic. He was like implying that we would be selected, short of telling us directly that we are. Regardless, I think we would still be sending our PV form to FP. If we are indeed shortlisted, we can always dropped FP then. Hehe, kiasu Singaporeans.

If there is a chance, I would still love to send my kids to a Christian primary school. I love it so much now that they are learning about God and Christian values in the kindergarten. Unfortunately, Christian primary schools are really popular and there isn’t one in our vicinity. The nearest one is probably Fairfield Methodist in Dover and it is almost impossible to get in even if we are affiliated via Church. It is way too far away and way too popular. I can only pray that the kids will continue to grow up in God’s way and opt for Christian secondary school in the future. I have experienced it for myself and know how much the school can influence.

Mummy Lim