Had to share the FANTASTIC NEWS!!!!

[samanthajane13]

Today my daughter Katey found out that she's been accepted into ****** College for the Fall 2008 semester-in the CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION PROGRAM!!!!

So be the Spring of 2012, she should be out there helping to put the bad-guys away!!!

I'm just so damned PROUD of her!!!

I just had to share that with our CL family!!!!

And YEAH-I'm gonna use a few extra smilies, if you don't mind...I think this deserves them!!!!

[Louisadelmar]

Originally Posted by samanthajane13

Today my daughter Katey found out that she's been accepted into ****** College for the Fall 2008 semester-in the CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION PROGRAM!!!!

So be the Spring of 2012, she should be out there helping to put the bad-guys away!!!

I'm just so damned PROUD of her!!!

I just had to share that with our CL family!!!!

And YEAH-I'm gonna use a few extra smilies, if you don't mind...I think this deserves them!!!!

Congratulations to your daughter! I hope you warn her that once she graduates we'll all be pestering her with our various forensic questions. :-)

[samanthajane13]

Katey is so excited, I don't think it's really hit her.

She laid across my bed, cranked up her heavy-metal music and crashed out for the night.

I'm sure she'll be glad to help on with any questions from the board. Even though she isn't a member, she reads the board on a daily basis, and as long as it doesn't have anything to do with a case she's working on, I'm sure she'd be glad to help out with info.

She spends a lot of time on the regular CL site, reading, earning and trying to solve the cases there. It's a such great place to hone your detective skills.

She's a very ethical person, so I know she'll be a credit to her profession, and never compromise any cases by discussing them with others.

I'm STILL sending out emails and bulletins to share our good news!!!

Thanks to all for the congratulations!!!

[kurro07]

congrats! It's nice to read something good on the board every now and then.

[gacountry]

Originally Posted by samanthajane13

Today my daughter Katey found out that she's been accepted into ****** College for the Fall 2008 semester-in the CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION PROGRAM!!!!

So be the Spring of 2012, she should be out there helping to put the bad-guys away!!!

I'm just so damned PROUD of her!!!

I just had to share that with our CL family!!!!

And YEAH-I'm gonna use a few extra smilies, if you don't mind...I think this deserves them!!!!

Wonderful! I can feel your pride and I am proud too. So good to see young people wanting to do something productive. You did good Mama.

[WarmNCozy]

Congratulations! And I'm goin to add of some more smileys to celebrate!

[samanthajane13]

Thanx for the kudos!!! *hugs*


Katey
samanthajane13's demon-spawn

[Mishell1383]

Congratulations!! Your excitement is bursting out of your posts so much it made me smile wide!! I'm very excited for your daughter!!!

[Canadian Bum]

Originally Posted by samanthajane13

Today my daughter Katey found out that she's been accepted into ****** College for the Fall 2008 semester-in the CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION PROGRAM!!!!

So be the Spring of 2012, she should be out there helping to put the bad-guys away!!!

I'm just so damned PROUD of her!!!

I just had to share that with our CL family!!!!

And YEAH-I'm gonna use a few extra smilies, if you don't mind...I think this deserves them!!!!

That's wonderful news Katey X 12 I took back the how old is she for the proud Mom

[samanthajane13]

Katey turns 19 in January.

She was held back in 6th grade because her teacher REFUSED to believe 4 different doctors and testers documents which diagnosed her with a learning disability-Central Auditory Processing Disorder. It's sort of like dyslexia. She's learned to over-come a lot of it, and "work around" it.

When the teacher failed her in EVERY CLASS, FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR, she said the family was just making excuses for her laziness, and found doctors who would give a fancy name to it. She was diagnosed before she even hit kindergarten, but this idiot teacher thought she had a line on Katey. After I went to the Diocese to complain, she never taught again.

I just told Katey that it gave her one more year to decide what she wanted to study in college.

I also told her that it wasn't HER fault that the teacher wouldn't believe a over 300 pages of medical documents and IEP's.

To this day, I don't think the idiot ever opened the file to read it, even though the school system was giving Katey special ed. services for 7 years by the time she was failed.

[JustBatth]

Hi,

I am new and also a late one one. I wanted to congratulate you on your news. That is AWESOME!

I am sure your daughter will love it. I am also in college for the same. My only problem is I get so caught up in the research and studying the cases that I forget that I have an assignment to do.

I wish Katey all the BEST! and you too.

Hope to chat soon............

[samanthajane13]

More GREAT NEWS!!

Katey was awarded a partial scholarship by the college-$2500 a YEAR!!! It's a drop in the bucket, but all those drops add up!!!

This is all just happening WAY TOO FAST FOR ME!!!

My God-by this time next year, MY BABY'S GONNA BE IN COLLEGE~~~

Again, Katey and I thank ALL of you for your kind words and congratulations!!!

HUGE HUGS!!!
Donna and Katey

[Seashell]

congratulations!

[Athena]

Originally Posted by samanthajane13

More GREAT NEWS!!

Katey was awarded a partial scholarship by the college-$2500 a YEAR!!! It's a drop in the bucket, but all those drops add up!!!

This is all just happening WAY TOO FAST FOR ME!!!

My God-by this time next year, MY BABY'S GONNA BE IN COLLEGE~~~

Again, Katey and I thank ALL of you for your kind words and congratulations!!!

HUGE HUGS!!!
Donna and Katey

Congrats to Katey!!! and proud you should be Samantha; shout it as LOUD as you want And yep -- every little bit helps!!!

I know how you feel knowing your baby is going to be leaving. My son, my baby, just started his first year of college September and I use every excuse I can think of to call him. Majoring in Environmental Science with focus in Chemistry. He's going to save the earth! LOL

[samanthajane13]

Actually, Katey isn't going AWAY to college.

The school is about 30 minutes away, and she'll be living here at home. It's a small private Franciscan Order school, and it only has about 1,200 students. The student\faculty ratio is about 15 to 1.

It's in a very well-to-do suburb, almost rural. The grounds are beautiful-almost park-like.

The Forensics\Criminal Justice faculty is comprised of teachers who have all had experience in CJ or Forensics, so they aren't just teaching theories out of books-they've all had LE careers in one capacity or another, and they're all full-time teachers. They have been State Troopers, County Sheriffs, Probation Officers, area police officers, FBI agents (one is an ex-hostage negotiator), Canadian police officers, retired forensics investigators, etc.

I forget how many years of cumulative on-the-job experience the faculty has.

There are no teacher's assistants.

This school is absolutely FANTASTIC!!!

In fact, this year, they're completing the building a new Criminal Justice\Forensics Building, so when Katey starts classes in the fall, everything she uses will be sparkling new, and state-of-the-art!!!

They've just completed a new auditorium and lecture hall, and are in the process of adding 3 new dorm buildings, too.

I'm just so happy and excited for her, but a little sad that my "baby" is all grown up...

Again-thanks so much for the kind words and thoughts. Katey sends her thanks, too.

[samanthajane13]

Here's a picture of the main building of the college-Franciscan Hall-



And here's a picture of some of the dorm buildings. They look more like townhouses!!!



It's set on 50 acres.

I'll find more pictures later.

[Mishell1383]

Originally Posted by samanthajane13

Here's a picture of the main building of the college-Franciscan Hall-



And here's a picture of some of the dorm buildings. They look more like townhouses!!!



It's set on 50 acres.

I'll find more pictures later.

WOW! That is breathtakingly beautiful!!!

[samanthajane13]

Here's a shot of the new lecture hall-Paczesny Hall. There is also the Swan Auditorium attached to it.



I just love the lake they've built. When we went for the initial visit, it was July, the sun was starting to set, and the lake was covered with ducks...

[FDInLaw]

Congrats!

I wish I could go back and study that!