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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's a great school for kids who are smart, organized, efficient, motivated, and love learning.  The efficiency part is overlooked too often.  If your kid is a slow reader, slow writer, or takes forever writing out math problems, then your kid will get buried under the workload.  If your kid is a fast worker who makes good use of their time during the schoolday to complete their work, then the homework is about 1 hour/day.  [/quote]

I think this is a very accurate observation.  I had one kid who did well there for 4 years.  Another kid we moved after 3 years.  The third kid was there 2 years.  We know many kids who are still there and happy.

My sense is that it has improved over time.  They are (hopefully) learning from some of their mistakes, and their administration has been more stable the last few years.  For several years the Head of School changed every 1-2 years.  Our experience was that STEM teachers were very strong; English teachers were a mixed bag.  There is a HEAVY emphasis on grammar in 5th/6th grade.  [/quote]

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