We are glad we were able to give back to Westside and the community and will cherish forever the great friendships we have made over the years. We now find ourselves filled with mixed emotions as we thank and bid farewell to the wonderful teachers and staff at Westside! We are filled with such fond memories of the good times as well as the struggles that we shared over the years. It is our turn to say goodbye because our younger son, will be leaving Westside at the end of this week. In fact, all the former Westside students we know at their school have done well – making the honor rolls from time to time and participating in extracurricular activities.Īs parents, we shepherded our sons through Middle School and High School but this time it is different. Fortunately, their Westside experience prepared them well for “life on the outside”. It was like leaving home! There was apprehension and nervousness on all sides. When the time came to move on, none of our sons wanted to leave Westside because it was all they had known. We are grateful for that experience because we learned more about our son through his struggles and triumphs, and we believe the “hands on” approach prepared us to be better parents – not just for him, but for our other 2 sons, who later attended Westside as well. Our older son, did not embark on the Montessori journey alone because he dragged us along with him. My wife was convinced that this was the one but I remained skeptical (it is my nature). We were 2,000 miles away from our closest families and had bounced around from day care to day care before we found Westside. Some 17 years ago, we found ourselves in Houston as new first-time parents trying to raise, what we can now admit was, a “difficult” toddler. "A HEART FELT THANK YOU TO EVERYONE AT WESTSIDE MONTESSORI SCHOOL!
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