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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is Congressional middle school like for more introverted kids?[/quote]
My DD is very introverted, and we started in MS. She had one or two best friends for a couple of years that she mostly socialized with (covid didn’t help with that), but then she started coming out of her shell more and ended with a solid friend group of several girls and boys.

I think it’s small enough (they aim for 30-35 kids per grade; current 8th is smaller at 25 and current 7th larger at 39) that it isn’t overwhelming for an introverted child but still enough that they will find at least a couple good friends quickly, and likely expand from there.

The classes also help shy students develop skills that, even if they never get really comfortable with public speaking, are really important for later in school and life. DD hated the speech and debate parts of speech and drama class (which is one trimester every year of the four MS years), but recognized that it was very useful and did become a more confident speaker, even if she didn’t like it. Most classes do at least a couple of project presentations, both group and individual, over the year. [/quote]

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