Hello Baby U!! I have not been on here in quite some time. I need some advice and this was the first place I thought of to come.
Logan started preschool on the 6th of this month. Upon starting school I have recived numorus papers about the school, program, etc. Amoung all the information, they had made sure to let parents know that the doors are always open to us.
Well, my friends daughter went to school last year and was in the same classroom Logan is in now. I asked her if we were allowed to go in when they had parties (halloween, christmas, etc.) and she said, the teachers do not want you there period.
Well it bothered me that she would say that when all the pages and reminders say us parents are always welcome to visit the classroom. So being the way that I am I asked Logan's teacher upon pick-up one day. "Miss Dawn, am I allowed to come and enjoy the parties with Logan" Miss Dawn "Oh yeah, what parties are you interested in?" Me with a big smile "All of them!" Miss Dawn "Thats wonderful, yeah we will let you know when they are so you can come in"
I told my friend what I had found out and she simply repiled "I don't know, unless they changed, bc they did not what us in there last year" I find it strange they would feel so strongly about parents in the classroom during parties one year, and completely different in the next year.
Well Tuesday, I checked Logan's folder, and there was a paper in there that said, if you would like to help with the following parties, please indicate what parties you would like to help with and also indicatie if you would like to be the chairperson (the person who does the planning). Needless to say I was super excited, and said yes to help with all and yes to be chair for all.
I had lunch with my friend yesterday and shared with her how excited I was. She then tried to make me feel bad about wanting to be there with Logan and being apart of his school expirence. She said she recived the same flyer and she just up down that she would just help with Halloween. I asked her why. She said that she did not want to intuerupt the learning process, that there are other parents who want to share in the experience and she sees it as selfish to want to be there for all the pareties. She then went to and made it sound like I wanted to be there all day everyday with him or pop in and out as I please. That is not so, I just want to be there to help and enjoy Logan and the kids with their parties.
Am I in the wrong here? If you are teachers please let me know. I am very excited to be apart of Logan's experiences and the school seems to make sure and to the extra mile to make us feel welcome in the school.
Thank you all in advance for your advice! =)
