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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My girl is nearing the end of 6th grade. She's done 5th and 6th at Basis. It was a big leap from 4th to 5th since she went from a "practically no homework" situation to homework every night and lots of subjects and different teachers. My child seems pretty smart and engaged and can focus and she made the transition very well. Basis provides a lot of help in 5th grade for the transition and with organizational skills. Homework or "studying" Monday through Thursday, sometimes a little on Sunday, but from what I remember it was mostly 30 minutes to 60 at the most.  My kid loved finally being a little challenged.  Sixth grade, however, has been a big difference for us. She's an unhappy stress-ball. She does still do some kind of activity that is non school related most nights (baby sitting; sports; music or something; etc.) but she's so stressed out trying to balance a little bit of fun or activity vs. doing well in school. There's [b]at least [/b] 60-90 min every night, but often more like 2 or 3 hours. And that's with her being diligent in doing homework during the day when they have the opportunity to do it during their version of "study hall" etc. Thursday nights are the hardest, where she is studying for multiple tests a night. She starts as soon as she gets home and I have to pry her away from it at 9:30 or so and she's crying with the stress. You don't do a homework and your grade drops a lot. One blown test and your grade drops a lot. It's a lot of pressure. A lot of stress. For us, at least, 5th was great but 6th sucks.  6th grade is also a tough time, esp. for girls. So many things about your body and mind that are changing. I would rip one of my own arms off to get her into Latin instead of another year of this.[/quote]

Have you reached out to the school to discuss? Are you staying for 7th?[/quote]

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