- Your child is eager to go to school and energized and happy at the end of most school days
- Your child regularly has to work hard to learn and perform in school work
- Your child regularly experiences success learning and performing in school work
- You see big progress in your child’s overall development — academic, social, emotional and physical
- Your child is learning and performing academically at the level of which you think (s)he is capable
- Your child’s teachers really understand and appreciate your child’s strengths
- Your child talks about school positively, using words like “fun,” “interesting,” or “cool”
- You and your child feel positive about your child’s health, behavior and personal well-being at school
- Your child has friends and acquaintances who like, accept and treat your child kindly at school
- School work and friends are important, but not all-consuming, parts of your child’s life
Adapted from Picky Parent Guide: Choose Your Child’s School with Confidence, The Elementary Years (K-6). © 2004 by Armchair Press, LLC. All rights reserved.