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Published September 26, 2008 11:16 am - There were some tears on the day Joey and Karissa Newberry’s quadruplets started kindergarten. 4-times the fun goes to school Kids adjust more quickly than parents By GINA KINSLOW Glasgow Daily Times GLASGOW — There were some tears on the day Joey and Karissa Newberry’s quadruplets started kindergarten.
But it wasn’t Skylar, Sydney, Ally Grace or Maylin who cried. It was their mom, Karissa, who was teary-eyed. “It was a rough day,” Karissa said. “Not for them, but for me and Joey. I had to hold my tears in as much as I could so I wasn’t around them.” Joey owns a local dental practice and took the day off for the special event. “When we came back to the house, it was just so quiet. That was a big adjustment, and then her having to come back and stay here by herself ... ,” Joey said. “But she’s remedied that.” Karissa, who is a speech therapist, went back to work soon after school began this year and said doing so has helped her keep from worrying about the children. Still, she and Joey can’t believe their babies are old enough to actually be in school. Skylar, Sydney, Ally Grace and Maylin were born three-and-a-half months early in 2003. The couple worried their children may suffer complications by being born premature. “I remember when they were in the hospital I would pray they would all be able to go to school and be in a regular class. I think that’s one thing ... and Joey would remind me, when I felt sad about them going to school, he would say, ‘This is what we prayed they would be able to do, be all healthy, all intelligent and they would be going to school and be just like all other kids,’” Karissa said. “That’s really what we prayed for. I’m just glad that came true.” While Joey and Karissa had a tough time the first of school, their children didn’t. “They had no trouble. They went in and settled right in with no problem,” Karissa said. All of the children enjoy school. They are all in the same kindergarten class at Park City Elementary. Joey and Karissa were given the option of placing their children in separate classes, but the school doesn’t have four kindergarten classes. It only has three. “I just thought it would be good to try it like this and see how it goes,” Karissa said. “It’s really easier on the parents than it is on the child when they are all in the same class. They all have the same homework. They are all doing the same thing, same field trips and parties.” 
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