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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP again.Next year will be 4th grade but if I feel like TR or ITS would be best, we will go ahead and lottery for those this year to give us an additional shot. I only want to move once, though so if Latin ends up on the top, we will wait a year and go for broke.

My feelings for each of the schools are...

Latin: The most options, I like the [b]advanced placement classes[/b] (which I'm thinking the other schools don't have, and frankly I'm not positive my child would be in them, but the option is important.) The arts and sports are a big plus and of course the HS option.

TR: The middle school open house was very organized and they seem to have things down pat. I also liked what the students had to say about their social dynamic and inclusion model. This is comforting to me given that Latin is very large and I'm not sure if they focus on social issues as much.

ITS: I have the least amount of information about their middle school and its the newest. I did like the MS teachers at the open house a lot and I also just feel like this school would be a good fit for us. The project based learning is a big plus here as well. Academically it seems on par with TR but they are so new, so there are a lot of open ends. It also seems much more 'little kid' than the very 'big kid' school feel that Latin has. I am honestly unsure which is better for a 5th-8 grader. [/quote]

What do you mean by advanced placement classes, with respect to middle school? Because WL doesn't put students in "AP" until high school. [/quote]

Ah, good to know. And I suppose I mean maybe less AP and more classes divided a bit by academic level, but I wasn't aware they didn't do this until HS. Thats helpful information.[/quote]

I think they do offer differentiation/acceleration in math now, but not in other subjects.

TR / ITS may do it more informally. [/quote]

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