Stop the Madness!
Posted on 19. Aug, 2009 by KB in Posts
Some of you have already been through the MADNESS that surrounds choosing the ideal elementary school for your child. Then there are those of you who will partake in this process sometime soon! Whenever it may be, we hope our blog provides you with some helpful information and insight along the way.
Sean Gaydos, a Stapleton resident, also wants to help parents “get a grip” on this process. After researching 20 plus schools in the Denver area including private, public, magnet, and charter schools, he decided to write a book about it called Stop the Madness! A Practical Guide To Navigating The Rough Waters of Denver Private Schools. When deciding that a private school would be more beneficial for his son and his unique learning style, the madness began for Sean! Making sense of the testing, school tours, applications, essays, and interviews, was reminiscent of the process he endured while applying for college. The elementary application process was not only competitive but stressful too, he states. Sean learned a great ordeal while embarking on this journey and he hopes to share these experiences with other parents who may be choosing this path for their child.
This practical guide, traced with bits of humor, includes a timeline of when to start the application process and all that it entails. It lists specific private schools in the Denver area to help jump start your search, ten steps one needs to know before applying, tips that may help during the process, and brief descriptions of teaching philosophies that may or may not be suitable for your child and his/her learning style. The book is a quick read and Sean says it was written for therapeutic reasons more than anything else!
If you are interested in ordering Sean’s book, please click on the following link: Sean’s Book
A special thank you, Sean Gaydos, for your passion and perseverance with regard to your son’s education.
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Sean Gaydos
19. Aug, 2009
This is the greatest book ever written. You MUST buy it! Oh wait, I’m a tad bit biased! In all honesty, the purpose of this labor of love was to simply help people understand a very complicated, and somewhat stressful process of applying to schools. I have a feeling this will become an even greater topic when one considers the over crowding issues facing Stapleton’s two public schools. I have talked with many parents and offered suggestions, and the book sort of evolved from that. It by no means has all the answers for getting into every school, but I believe it will provide a solid base from which to begin your quest. Good luck!
Sean Gaydos