GREAT NEWS FROM DIONE

Hope you are all traveling well or are back in New Orleans by now. Just wanted to let you know that Mollie has gotten a scholarship for $8040 to an excellent private school. She will receive this much each year for at least middle school (6th, 7th & 8th grades), so as long as she keeps her grades up the scholarship is actually about $24,000! We don't know yet whether this extends through high school, but we are really happy that she can attend this school for middle school. The annual tuition is $16,000 a year, so we have to come up with the other half, but we are thinking we can probably do that. The school is the Dayton area's only college preparatory school and most of the students get good college scholarships. They have the highest SAT scores in the area, but that aside, the teachers treat the students well, there are a lot of hands-on experiential learning activities, and Mollie will get academic challenge mixed with personal attention. One of the girls here in town who baby sat Mollie and taught a theater class she took - went to this school - and is headed to Yale for her PhD. We are very excited for Mollie!! Let us know how your trip is going and keep us posted as to when you arrive in Tucson. Best to Derek! Take care, Love, Dione