We are currently working on placement for Sierra next year. I have requested a few things from the school. I thought I'd post the letter here too, so that you can pray with us. Both of my requests could cause a little battle, but hopefully with His help, the school will just say yes. So pray with me?
Dear Stacie and Rachel,
Peter and I have been considering Sierra's placement for next year. She is showing improvement in speech, thank you Rachel. Her progress is very slow though and we are questioning enrolling her in Kindergarten. Peter and I think Junior K is a better fit. We have several reasons.
1. Educationally, she is not ready to learn to read. She is in the lower part of her class in letter skills. Additionally, much of the reading practice is verbal and will be lost on her.
2. Verbally, she is significantly behind her peers. This will affect her ability to be assessed verbally in every subject. This makes educating her a challenge.
3. Socially she is well adjusted, however her ability to solve conflict and make friends is affected by her lower verbal skills and socially she is a better fit for junior K.
For these reasons, we request Sierra’s enrollment in Junior K for 2012-2013 school year. I think this will give her time to focus on her verbal skills and give her a better chance of educational and social success in the future.
The second reason for this letter is to request summer speech services for Sierra. On moving from California to Iowa, we had a six week break in speech therapy. During the six week break, her speech and language regressed to pre-treatment levels. During the summer of 2012, it is likely for Sierra to regress again in a similar manner. This will put her significantly behind her peers and will require extended speech therapy to make up the lost growth.
For these reasons, we ask for continued speech therapy services through the summer for Sierra.
Our family is sincerely grateful for your help and the education that Alta has to offer our children. We are privileged to live here. Thank you for your help to our family and your continued assistance to us.
Sincerely,
Becca and Peter Bunnell
9 comments:
Hi Guys,
It is a good letter. I will pray in this direction.
Love You!
Kerri
this is a great letter. Thank you for sharing! I will e praying.
yes, will pray! How old is Sierra?
Yes, I will pray too and I am glad Sierra has such diligent and knowledgable parents. Love you all, Mom
Hi Everyone! Thanks for your prayers. Sierra just turned 5 in December.
Guess what? They put her in junior K and things are all organized for next year.
Please keep praying about summer speech. :)
great!!!!
Dear Becca,
Just read your post. I will pray for these specific requests but I am still praying for a creative miracle from the Lord! I will never give up praying for a supernatural miracle. He is a great and awesome God. I know that the Lord is faithful and He will lead and guide you and Peter what is the very best for Sierra. You two are amazing parents and Sierra is blessed for your perseverence!! Love Mom <3 <3
i just read this and I'm so happy to see that one prayer is already answered!! Yeah! I will continue praying bec. you are such a good mom. i love you.
I will pray. I love you. What a gift to know that we serve a God who hears our prayers. He inclines His ear toward the righteous. xo!
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