Ski club issues

[frenchgirl]

My son (11) goes to ski after school. It is a part of the school program, but voluntary.
A few days before skiing, they were asked to partner up(regardless of abilities), so my son partnered with 2 other kids he knew.
Tonight he came back and said he had fun. For fun I asked him if something went bad and if something was good. He said that after the lessons, one of his partner went with someone else and his other partner said he didn't sleep very much so that kid did not want to go skiing. So my son did not ski after dinner. There was probably at least 1 hour 1 1/2 hr of skiing left. When I asked him about asking the teacher in charge, he said that all the students were on the mountain.
Another thing is that his class had 13 kids and that sounds lots, but it may be normal I am not sure?? He is an advanced beginner but apparently he is with kids that are snowplowing all the time. He would like to go on more blues and right now they are only on greens. There are 2 lessons left( 4 total). What do you all think?
I am planning on talking to the teacher in charge tomorrow.

 

[SkiMo]

I would talk to the teachers in charge. In Missouri, which I realize is very different from a mountain state, our ski club is really just an introduction to an active winter sport. The kids are there mainly for the socialization, and to have fun. Most of our kids have never seen a mountain, and our hill in Weston is plently big enough for them. We have a few kids, who have been to Colorado with their families and they eventually find each other and ski the harder areas of the hill together, but that takes a couple of trips. We take 6th and 7th graders on our bus, and for the 6th graders especially, they all end up meeting new friends based on shared interests. Like I said though, talk to the teachers if you have concerns...that is what we are here for! Communication is key in working with kids and families.

 

[frenchgirl]

I talked to the teacher in charge and we were able to figure things out. Thanks