CSA Makati Enrollment

[confuse]

For Junior Kinder, interview lang ba ang assessment or may written? Malalaman ba naming agad yung result right after or they will inform us later on?

Pag pumasa, bayad ba agad ng tuition or enroll agad or magbabayad lang muna ng reservation fee? How much is the reservation fee for Junior Kinder?

[chicafabulosa]

For jr kinder alam ko interview and with written yata, cant remember but you will know if pasok anak mo agad. The. If pumasa enroll agad. May timeline sila when ang enrollment for new enrollees and old students per unit.

[confuse]

^Thanks sis! Tomorrow na kasi interview/assessment ng son ko. Hoping and praying pumasa sya. Not confident of his writing skills though kasi first formal schooling nya pa lang ito if ever.

[chicafabulosa]

Dont worry tuturuan naman sila when the class starts..

[mommyxthree]

I heard for Grade 1 , the applicant must know how to read, write and do simple math. Otherwise, better for your child to go to Kinder 2 (again) or transition class in another school.

[chicafabulosa]

Wyes thats true sis mommy. They will advice your kid to go back to sr. Kinder so he can be comfortable in his writing and reading skills. But sis confuse son naman is incoming jr. Kinder so i guess he has a lot of time to learn pa how to read and write

[mommyxthree]

^ I agree sis. No worries na mommy confuse! Pasado na anak mo sa Jr Kinder

[lilyscapes]

for mommies who have kids studying at CSA, where do you guys live?

i am considering CSA for my son but we live in mandaluyong (near edsa lang naman), feeling ko magiging hassle ang travel for my son. CSA is my choice next to LSGH, parang gusto ko kasi co-ed ang son ko pero feeling ko malayo. 

[chicafabulosa]

pasig here sis

[lilyscapes]

^sis, how's the morning traffic? are there school bus available or mas recommended ang private car for service? out of way kasi, sa ortigas lang kami nagwowork ni husband.

[chicafabulosa]

There are accredited school buses from CSA. My son is taking one. The traffic  going to CSA is a lot better than LSGH. I just live about 5-10 mins away supposedly to LSGH from my house without traffic. But because the terrible traffic on that area it would take us an hour talaga. Even if umuwi pa kame sa isang house namin sa san juan ganun pa rin ang traffic. Kaya we decided to have my son enrolled at CSA. Yun nga lang need na maaga sya sunduin siguro mga 6 am since 7 am naman ang classes nila. My son sinusundo ng 530 kasi may dinadaanan pa sila in Mandaluyong and Makati area. Nasa school na sila ng mga 645 am

[lilyscapes]

^wa! seriously? parang 10 minutes away lang din kami from greenhills if no traffic. i think we have to experience it ourselves before we decide. grabe pala talaga traffic sa lsgh. mas lalo ako na convince sa CSA. gusto ko kasi sana he'll be home in 30 minutes mukhang malabo pala yun because of ortigas traffic.

hm ang school bus service sis chicafabulosa?

[chicafabulosa]

3900 now si Dela Guerra not sure sino na may hawak ng Mandaluyong area. Before kasi dela guera rin may hawak ng area na yan kaso binitawan na nila last year. Binigay nila sa ibang school bus owner. Kasi maganda lang sa CSA school bus system, each area is awarded to one school bus owner. So mas monitored yung mga kids.

Yeah seriously ganun katindi ang traffic. I have nephew sa Northeast Greenhills nakatira, and he goes to Xavier, he leaves the house 6 am, dumadating sya ng Xavier 7ish na. Imagine that. Malapit na yan ha supposedly dapat 10 minutes andun na sya. How much more yung  LSGH malamang yan EDSA kayo dadaan di ba, good luck sa traffic. Super dami ng sasakyan dyan kaya nga may complains ang motorist pag pasukan matindi traffic sa area na yan kasi ginagawang parking lot. As for uwian in CSA, normally nung pang hapon kid ko, pag 3 PM uwian nya, mga 5 na sya nakakauwi kasi sabay sabay pati high school. Iba iba kasi uwian nila. Pero at least least safe sila inside the campus waiting.

Ang kalaban ng mga kids natin is traffic rin sis. Kaya just let your kid bring enough food and water.

I tried driving 6 am from my house to CSA weekday, andun na ako ng 630. I tried going to Xavier naman sa nephew ko. Left the house 6am, nasa Meralco, medical city area pa rin ako ng 645. Nakatawid ako ng lasalle 7 am. In some cases naman na walang traffic mga 30 minutes will do. 6am kasi alam mo na sis ang traffic sa Ortigas, grabe

[lilyscapes]

oh, mura lang pala school bus. gosh, grabe nga ang traffic. mas makakarating pa yata kami ng LSGH in 30 minutes kung lalakarin lang namin, pero syempre ayaw ko naman maglakad. lol. i backread sis, nursery nag start son mo sa CSA, di ba sya nahirapan mag isa sa school bus?

feeling ko ang bata pa ng son ko to be traveling alone sa school bus so i'm planning to enroll him muna sa gymboree or UA&P (near our place) then transfer nalang pag independent na sya.

[yelle]

@ sis lilyscapes

Taguig Mckinley area, malapit lang pero pinag school bus pa rin namin para less hassle at na-eenjoy din kasi ng daughter ko may mga busmates na naging friends niya na.

[chicafabulosa]

Nursery sis up to JK kasama nya tita ko sa school. Medyo nakakaawa lang my tita kasi companions are not allowed inside the campus unless may sakit na need andun ang bantay. But SK mag isa na sya. Hindi naman mahirap sis kasi nalilibang sila because may other kids rin dun. Yung kay Dela Guera sis, parang yaya rin yung mga helper nila sa bus. Kasi minsan nakatulog si kiddo ko, buhat buhat ng helper papasok ng house namin sya

Before sya magtake exam sa CSA mga 1 and half sya nasa Gymboree Shang rila sya. The. 2 and 1/2 he too, the entrance exam kasi September need kumuha ng sched nun. So nung magenter sya ng nursery sakto na 3 and half sya. We were even ssked if gusto ba daw namin i accelerate na sya sa JK kasi advance daw but we said we want him to enjoy school. Now he is incoming grade 1, we were asked again if we want him to be in grade 2 class. Again, same gusto namin di sya mastress sa school. Okay na siguro advanxe classes sya

[lilyscapes]

^thank you sis! very helpful feedback. kung saan nalang siguro pumasa son ko. i like CSA din talaga because it's co-ed.

[mommyxthree]

^Am also from the Manda area sis. My kids leave the house at 6-6:10am because OC sila sa time. It takes them 15-20 min in the morning and almost an hour to get back home via Rockwell bridge.

[lilyscapes]

via school bus, sis mommyxthree?

based on your travel time, i assume my son can get home early din because ang drop point namin is EDSA lang. what a relief that there are CSA students din pala from our area. may pag asa na ang son ko mag co-ed i thought students here are mostly from makati and taguig.

[chicafabulosa]

Wag lang sis because coed ang CSA sis. But for sure you will like the values they are teaching the kids here. Im thankful sa mga teachers ng kid ko. They did a great job supporting and improving my son's personality. Till high school dun na kid ko and he loves the school talaga.