Category: Mitchell Child Development Center, Santa Ana

Important Events

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Nov 24, 2013:  William was born at Fountain Valley hospital.

Jan 2014 – Jan  2015:  William was sent to Babysitter at Mrs. Loan’s House (Westminster) when he was 2 months old because Mom had to go back to work.

Apr 13, 2014: William was baptized when he was 4 months old at La Vang Church, Santa Ana, California by Father Bảo Thai.  William’s Holy name is Paul.

Jan 2015 – Nov 16, 2015: Stayed home with Dad because Dad was laid off from work.

Nov 16, 2015 – Aug 16, 2019:  Day care at Children’s World Preschool in Westminster, CA.  He started at the daycare two weeks before he turned 2 years old (because Dad came back to work).  He goes 5 days a week from 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM.  Mom drops him off and Dad picks him up.

When he started school on 11/28/2016, Mom picked him up from school then drove him to the day care and then went back to work.  For those days that are no school, he’d spend the whole day at the day care.

From 8/20/2019, his aunt Lily picks him up from school then babysit him at our home until we get home from work.

Nov 28, 2016 – May 31, 2018: Mitchell Child Development Center in Santa Ana, CA because he’s diagnosed with Autistic.  He’s 4 years old as of May 31, 2018.  This is a special education school for children with Speed Delay.  The school principle is Mr. Bello . His first school teacher is Mrs. Hana Suh at room 309.  School schedule is from 8:15 AM – 1:10 PM.  Hot breakfast and lunch is provided.  At 8:30 AM, there will be DTT (discreet training trile)  session for 30 minutes.  And there’s 15 minutes a week for Speech therapy.  So in the morning he goes to Mitchell school;  Mom picks up at 1:10 and then drops him off at Children World Preschool; Around 5:30 Dad comes and picks him up at the day care.

May 2017 – Feb 2018: ABA sessions with ABEST.

Feb 13, 2018 – Sept 2021: Started Speech therapy at Providence Hearing and Speech Center, Fountain Valley branch; every Monday for 30 minutes.

Apr 2018 – Now: ABA sessions with TasKids.

  • Supervisor: Huy Nguyen (4/2018-3/2019), Elizabeth (4/2019-now)
  • PC: Jody Nguyen (4/2018-now)
  • BT:  Alex, Anthony, Brenda (5/2019-9/7/2019), Thomas (4/2018-now), Maria (9/5-now)
  • 8/2021: Thomas became ABA supervisor, Mari is the BCBA, and BT is Marilou.

Aug 2018 – Apr 2020: Australian Swim School, once a week, 30 minutes per session.

Aug 2018 – Oct 2020: Abraham Lincoln Elementary school (Santa Ana) in Special Ed class.

  • Transition Kindergarten (2018-2019) : 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM. Room 54.  Teachers: Mrs. Newman Heather, Ms. Birdie, Ms. Sandy.  The class has about 7 children, all boys.  Breakfast, Lunch is provided.  The school is right by our house so we walk to school every morning.  Then pick him up by car and take him to Children’s World Preschool so that I can go back to work.
  • Kindergarten 2019-2020:  8:00 AM – 2:00 PM. Room 54.  Teachers: Mrs. Newman Heather, Ms. Birdie, Ms. Sandy.  The class has about 7 children, all boys.  Breakfast, Lunch is provided.  The school is right by our house so we walk to school every morning.  Then pick him up by car and take him to Children’s World Preschool so that I can go back to work.  Starting 8/20/2019 Aunt Lily picks him up and then takes him home and babysit him until we get home.  This arrangement is really great for William because he can sleep on his own bed until 4 PM or 5 PM.  Aunt Lily loves him; she always brings something for him to eat after school (pizza, mac & Cheese, noodle soup) before let him go to bed.
  • Sept 2019 – Mar 2020: kindergarten, in person class
  • Mar 2020 – May 2020: kindergarten , online class due to Covid-19 pandemic.  William did not get to have the Kindergarten Graduation, not even a picture! :(.
  • Jun 2020 – July 2020:  Summer school, kindergarten, online class due to Covid-19 pandemic.
  • Sept 2020 – Oct 2020: 1st grade, online class due to Covid-19 pandemic.
  • Mrs. Newman said William is much more advance in math and reading than his classmates so she transferred him to Thomas Jefferson elementary school which has “moderate” level.

Nov 24, 2020: William is 7 years old.  Because of Covid-19, no gathering is allowed inside so William did not have a birthday party.

Nov 2020 – Nov 2021: Thomas Jefferson Elementary School (Santa Ana) in Special Ed class

  • Mr. Castaneda, Ms. Crystal & Ms. Dora
  • Nov 2020 – May 2021: on line class due to Covid-19 pandemic; first grade.
  • Jun 2021 – July 2021: Summer school, in person
  • Aug 2021 – Now: In person, 2nd grade, room #4.

 

 

Bye Bye Mitchell!

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Thursday May 31, 2018.  It’s William’s last day at Mitchell Child Development Center.

Mrs. Hana, Ms. Delma, Ms. Melissa, Ms. Susan gave William a big hug.  We also stopped by Mrs. Kerstin (the school nurse) to said good bye and to pick up William’s medicine.

William was not aware of what was happening; he probably was wondering why was everyone hugging me!

I wanted to stop by to principle’s office to say good bye but he was busy so we didn’t want to bother.

After 17 months (Nov 2016 – May 2018) going to this school, we felt so in love with it.  It’s a beautiful place with a nice playground and lots of empty space for the kids to run around.  William didn’t know anything at all when he first came here; now he knows the alphabets, can count, can sing alphabet, wheel on the bus, happy birthday songs. The teachers also potty trained him.  He now can talk using a complete sentence even if it’s just a few words:

I want this/that.

William/Mama do it.

It’s so cute!

Open the Door

Etc.

I’m much thankful and appreciate all the hard works that Mrs. Hana and her assistants have done for William.   Without their love and patience, William would not progress this fast and learn so much in such a short time.

So Thank YOU from the bottom of our hearts!

In front of the school
William’s classroom is 309, on the left
Gated playground, lots of space!
Administrative building and the flag pole

Graduation From Preschool

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Mrs. Hana took this picture in the school just right before the little ceremony.

This week is William’s last week ( and 4 other friends) at Mitchell Child Development Center after about 1 and 1/2 years going to this school so Mrs. Hana threw them a little ceremony around 11:00 AM on Tuesday, after we returned back from Memorial Holiday.

William refused to stand up when Mrs. Hana called his name and people were starting to clap their hands.  Then finally he got up and Mrs. Hana handed him the Certification.  After that he lost it and started to hit himself on the face using his palm when he got back to his seat.  I think he doesn’t know how to handle all the attention so he felt frustrated.  He hit him few more times after that while eating lunch until we left the room.

More pics:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/L6MtPcAQs7KZ9uwp2

William with Mrs. Hana Suh in classroom 309

Loving notes from the teachers. Thank you!

Singing songs

Receiving the Preschool graduation certificate

 

Lunch time – pizza and juice

Mrs. Hana getting the foods for the children
William and the school sign

Can’t believe my baby boy is graduating from Preschool. He’ll be in the Transition Kindergarten next year at Linhcon school which is near our house.

 

 

Daily Snack

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Daily snack

Every day when I pick William up at his Mitchell Child Development School, I always bring 3 items: a wet towel, a bottle of juice and either corn dog or cheese sandwich which is his favorite for the past month.  The first thing we do when we got inside the car is to take off his shoes, then he takes off his socks himself.  I use the wet towel to clean his face and hands.  When the weather is hot, wiping his face with a wet cool towel really helps to cool him down to make him feel better.  Then I’d ask him to drink the juice; once he has a few sips of juice then i’d let him eat the snack.  While eating snack, he gets to play around in my car.  We’d spend around at least 15 minutes in my car for him to eat snack (depends on how much time I have before I have to get back to work).  Usually he needs 40 minutes to almost finish the corn dog and the whole bottle of juice.

William’s funny face

After School

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William is 4 years old.

1 PM.  It was raining this morning, and now it’s kind of cool so I dressed William up with jacket and fleece-line pant.  Today I brought him a corn dog; he finished about 1/3 of it; drank all the juice from the bottle and asked for more juice so I gave him the bottle that I packed for his daycare.  He only had a few sips from this bottle though.

On the way to the day care, he felt asleep.  With this cool weather, I want to sleep too.  I wish that I don’t have to work so that I can drive him home, so that he can sleep in his comfortable bed.

Love you son!