Taking time off of school for a week in order to go out to team
trials isn’t as simple as spring break.
Boyd is a 6th grader at Chesapeake Academy and between Math,
Lit, Writer’s Workshop, Latin, Science, & Geography there is quite an
academic load. That's a good thing. I love hearing how well prepared the CA kids are once they hit high school. We hear it all the time from the parents of CA grads.
CA is incredibly supportive of Boyd’s sailing campaign and
our Dean of Students, Julie Keesee, communicated with all of Boyd’s teachers
well ahead of our trip. We held a
meeting with Boyd two weeks prior to our departure where each of his teachers
gave him a package and his assignments so that he could stay current on his
curriculum. This allowed him to
begin work on certain assignments before he even left which was a real plus
given the demanding schedule he will experience this week.
We landed in Milwaukee a short time ago, rented a car, and
drove over to the Pewaukee Yacht Club.
There Boyd threw on his dry suit, rigged his boat and launched with his Sail Strong team. They will debrief after practice and after checking in with
the USODA folks, getting measured, checking into the hotel, and grabbing dinner
it will be at least 8pm. Don't forget when we woke up this morning.
Point: It’s
going to be a grueling week and I’d like to send a big thank you back to the
folks at Chesapeake Academy who helped us design a plan to keep Boyd on track
with the curriculum while we are out here in Wisconsin at USODA team trials. What a great school.
Go Ospreys!
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