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[quote=Anonymous]It should be noted that there was previously a secondary high functioning autism support program at HB so that is why there might have seemed to be more students with IEPs there.  However that program has been moved to Hamm so no longer exists at HB.

Differences: #1 is the smaller size.  Each class from 6-8 has 80 students and 9-12 has about 120 students. There is a more inependent philosophy where students make their own schedules each year, call teachers by their first name, high schoolers have a free period each day, middle schoolers take 8 classes instead of 7 so have an opportunity for an extra elective, kids can leave campus starting in 7th or 8th (can't remember).  You do a lot of community building activities as a class each year, and you are in the same school from 6-12 for most of the kids. Lots of theater opportunities and since there are fewer students, there isn't as much competition to be in the plays for example.

No sports, except for ultimate. High schoolers can do sports at the home school but it's not the easiest thing to do. Your TA teacher in high school can be the same all 4 years, so when it's time for college applications they write your recommendation as your guidance counselor and they do really know you well.  There is less variety of classes because the student population is so small, so some classes are combined AP and non AP like English 11/AP Literature, for example.  The AP students do more work.

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