Wow what a day! went to the park and they had lunch for us, then they split us into parents and students. the students went on a scavenger hunt where they learned about neumont and all of the things they needed to know headed into their first day on Monday. They meet teachers from the university at each stop and had to complete a challenge in order to progress. They had to code a simple website, beat the English teacher @ boggle, solve riddles, and all of that.
Parent orientation was amazing! The president of the university spoke and discussed the things that parents needed to do for their student over the next few months. Since the program is a full bachelor's (including the basics math, english and all of that) they have sections called "sprints" where they take full courses in half the time. They made sure everyone knew that it was going to be a hard and stressful few years. Their was a lot less BS than I anticipated it being. Everyone was very approachable and forthcoming. Every grade the student gets is available online to specific users and their graduation track is online as well.
They made sure that the parents knew that this was very doable and that they provided TONS of resources for the student. Cody has an RA that lives 2 mins walking distance away, an "advocate" that tracks his progress and make sure he is staying on track, and everything he needs to make this happen.
Very coool day Vids to come
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