Forest Elementary School

Last Tuesday, we registered Harith for kindergarten. Sekolah sekarang ni cuma nursery, atau kat sini orang panggil peringkat pre-K. Next level pulak is the kindergarten. According to the West Haven Education board, any child yang dah cukup umur 5 tahun aje boleh masuk kindergarten at the public schools. Since Harith's birthday in the end of May, he can only enroll for Sept intake.

Sistem pendaftaran kat sekolah sini ditentukan oleh West Haven Board of Education. Kita tak boleh suka hati nak daftar anak kat mana-mana public school. Earlier this year, kami dah pegi pejabat diorang ni, and based on our residential address, Harith akan didaftarkan ke Forest Elementary School. We were asked to contact the school ourselves for any inquiry and registration processes.

After contacting Forest Elementary School, we were given the registration and medical examination forms. Jangan tak percaya, kat sini budak kecik nak masuk tadika pun kena medical check-up. Harith pun kena la physical examination check-up and diorang mintak the immunization records. Nasib baik la kami ada bawak semua record dia tu. Masa nak masuk West Haven Nursery awal tahun dulu dah buat dah medical check up, so laku la lagi medical check up dia ni.

So last Tuesday, Harith was registered in Forest Elementary School. It was done in a very professional manner. Cepat pulak tu. Walaupun tak putus parents datang register anak, tapi proses dia berjalan lancar. Siap the school nurse pun ada untuk check medical examination forms and immunization records. Tak sampai half and hour dah selesai semua.

The school will start on August 28. For the meantime, Harith akan habiskan sekolah di West Haven Green Nursery School until summer break. However, on June 4th nanti ada orientation kat Forest School. A session for familiarization to the new school. We hope that Harith will enjoy his new school (Forest Elementary School) as much he loves West Haven Green Nursery School. Semua ni persediaan untuk dia jugak. By the time kami balik nanti, dia cuma ada a few months sebelum masuk sekolah rendah kat Malaysia. Jangan balik Malaysia nanti dia culture shocked masuk sekolah rendah dah la.