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[quote=Anonymous]My DD is 12, and her time at her small, nurturing progressive pre-k-8 school ends soon. She's kind, thoughtful, sociable, good-natured, emotionally intuitive and mature, a strong aavid reader, and strong in the arts, but she's "just okay" academically. Weakish in math; a fluent writer but her spelling's a mess; she's not lazy but she's also not terribly motivated academically. (As in: she likes her teachers and her classes and willingly does the work, but doesn't seem to have any particular desire to go beyond the minimum except in the arts). No learning disabilities-- no attention issues-- she's just not an academic superstar.

What high schools might be a good fit for a child like this? We don't care if she ever becomes an academic star, but we don't want her in a place where she'll be labelled (or label herself) as "not smart," or be overlooked by teachers more focused on getting the highest achievers into Harvard.  We'd like her to be somewhere where her curiosity and creativity will be nurtured and where she'll be encouraged to stretch and challenge herself intellectually a bit more, but we don't want her in a pressure cooker.

Any suggestions? We're in Virginia but for the right school, we'd even consider relocating within the metro area, so geography not a straitjacket.[/quote]

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