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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have heard a mix of opinions regarding Cold Spring.  In our experience, it is not cut out for every kid.  4th grade seem manageable but 5th grade can be quite intense with heavy and constant workload.  If anything, I would say half of the kids benefit from the program while the other half likely would have done well staying at their local schools, especially if they came from a good ES.  Parents are intense, although there is a small group who are open and friendlier.  Kids are competitive with each other, and are unabashed in letting their peers know their unfiltered comments.  While there is a group of kids who are terrific writers (and I assume they would have been good writers regardless of which school they attended), we were surprised at how many students are poor and disorganized writers and continue to be so.  We feel the kids were not taught to write.  It was more or less they are expected to do more of it.  The program moves quickly that if kids have gaps in a certain academic skill, it would linger and fester.  Almost all of the kids, even the ones who scored extremely high on the MAP tests, 5s on PARCC and get straight A's will not get into the magnet MS so they will be returning to their local MS.  If social transition is an issue for your child, this is something to consider.  Overall, if you have a kid who has great work ethics and seeks a challenge, willing to put in the time to learn, is somewhat organize and can time manage, can work independently, could be motivated to write, and is socially comfortable with such transitions, Cold Spring will be a great place to be.  Outside of that, I would consider the alternative.  Good luck to all in helping your kids with this decision![/quote]

12:16 here. I agree with all of this.[/quote]

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