3. Schools have become VERY stringent about not allowing students to miss over a very limited number of days, even excused. ************************************************ This is true. However, you can make a difference by staying in touch with the teachers, and if the kids have good grades and are all around good students, teachers tend to allow this request for a week off. My kids always attended the National. They brought their school work with them, and many of the teachers attending the national offered their assistance with homework, if needed. And their teachers knew that the work would be completed, without exception. Funny part, as the youngest one got to the same teachers her older siblings had, it was easy to ask for time off for her.......the teachers were "trained"....LOL Ileana **************Play online games for FREE at Games.com! All of your favorites, no registration required and great graphics â?? check it out! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1211202682x1200689022/aol?redirhttp://www.games.com?ncid=emlcntusgame00000001) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================