Oulu International School

We had our meeting with the principal of the Oulu International School to turn in our results for Isabelle's "koulukypsyystesti" - roughly translated as a school maturity test.

In Finland public school starts the year you turn 7 and you can enter first grade. Isabelle doesn't turn 7 until next March so we had to have a "koulukypsyystesti" done before she could be administered. According to Finnish law you need to have this testing done to enter school early and the test includes the WISC-III. So we really didn't know if she would be accepted, but to our good fortune we found out today she'll be able to start the 1st grade next Monday!

We'll also have to choose between Evangelical Lutheran classes and Ethics classes for Isabelle, which I think is the normal selection in the Finnish school system. Both are equivalent to making good moral citizens with one having more historical significance on Christianity (not necessarily religious dogma).

There are also school nurses and a school doctor (MD) for the (universal) childrens' health care. Plus all kids get a free lunch. It's going to be interesting seeing why so many say Finland has the best school system in the world.