Monday, February 21, 2011

Enrolment for the future preppie

The mummy network does it again.

Was chatting with a kindy mum today and she asked if we were going for the Heathdale enrolment info session tonight. Her son M and Miss J are kindy classmates and she has enrolled M at Heathdale for Prep in 2012.

What enrolment session, I said.

"You didn't get the letter?"

That made me panic slightly, so I called the school.

Yes, they were running an info session for parents who had enrolled their children, and there would be two other sessions. Hadn't I received a letter?

When I said no, the admin lady started going through her file.

She couldn't find Miss J's application...until I mentioned that I could drop by with a copy of the application as I had another child at the school.

"Oh Prep sibling!" she exclaimed.

The light dawned.

Apparently sibling applications receive different treatment (priority treatment actually), so no wonder Miss J's name couldn't be found in the list of first-time applicants.

If you already have a child attending Heathdale, you don't have to attend an info session because you already know quite a lot about the school. You just need to sit tight and wait for the letter asking you to bring your child for an enrolment interview with the Junior School principal.

We've been told to expect our letter sometime next term.

Which will lead to the other important question: HCC or GNLS?

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