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[quote=Anonymous]The number of hours of sleep needed varies per kid and as previous posters mentioned, it often varies across time depending on growth spurts and the like.  That said, I would definitely not let my 11 yo stay up til 10:30 3 nights in the middle of the week.  One night, I would probably be ok with.  See if there is another time that homework can be fit in (is she really dancing 4 hours straight, 3 nights per week?  If there are breaks, homework could be fit in that way.)

Also, I have a dd who just finished middle school and one about to start 6th grade so we have been trying to recall what 6th grade was like to prepare.  My recollection was that in 6th grade, my dd usually had tests at least 4 days per week, and often didn't hear about them til a day or two out.  Also, my dd didn't do a ton of activities (a couple of hours after school a couple days a week) but was often up til 9:30 or sometimes later with homework/preparing for those exams.  This will clearly depends on teachers and how fast your kid works, but I'd say you are setting her up for a very stressful year if she has such long days in the middle of the week.  Can't something be moved to weekend?

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