Beckwith Academy of Excellence

In the Spring of 2009, while Alex and I were inpatient in Houston, Bruce enrolled Alex in our Elementary School to start Kindergarten. A Rite of Passage all parents look forward to and dread at the same time! Only a few short weeks later, our immunologist and Mito Specialist came into the hospital room where we had spent most of the past 9 months to tell me that Alex couldn't go to Public School. And so began our homeschooling journey.

Sometime around 5th grade, Alex got tired of explaining every time someone asked him where he went to school and so he started answering the Beckwith Academy of Excellence. Over the years, we have had friends ask to join, but our Academy has always had an enrollment of one.

Fast forward 11 years and we excitedly enrolled Maddy in first grade at the same school where we hoped to send Alex all those years ago. Enter COVID-19...it is not safe for us to send Maddy (who has an immune deficiency as well as many other diagnoses) to school. So for the first time in it's history, The Beckwith Academy of Excellence is enrolling its second student.

An update on Alex...As far as surgery he is doing great and is mostly "recovered". However, he is still battling pancreatitis and with it nausea and pain. His spirits are good and we have a decent pain management plan right now so we are doing well overall.

Thank you for continuing to love us and pray for us!
Ali