Delphine,
Good luck to you. It is certainly scary to send one’s little one to school. From everything you have written, I think he will do very well indeed, because you will be there to support him all the way.
I can tell you what I discovered in sending my child through a multi-ethnic public school system with children from a variety of economic backgrounds. My son always picked friends whose parents had the same parenting style that we applied. He was used to a home in which parents were very much involved in all aspects of his life and in which there was love as well as rules and expectations. His circle of friends encompassed a variety of ethnic and economic backgrounds, but they all shared a common experience of strong parental involvement. That is very likely what your son will also do, because that is the environment in which he feels safe and comfortable.
