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[quote=Anonymous]Our DD, who really enjoys and does well in her STEM subjects, got accepted into Holton, and we're trying to understand how STEM oriented Holton's curriculum is.

We know that Holton has an exceptional curriculum in general, and particularly one that emphasizes writing. We have also noticed graduates lean towards a liberal arts field/career (would welcome thoughts on this).

Looking through Holton's website and this forum, for example, posters have shared that Algebra has been split across two years (typically covered in one year in public school), and the potentially limited STEM course offerings due to class size.

We also know that her local Public School's Gifted & Talented program has a stellar STEM curriculum, but public school tend to have a much weaker writing curriculum.

Can anyone with actual experience in both schools/systems share their insights on the STEM differences (particularly at the HS level)? Perhaps you used to be at public and moved to Holton, or vice versa? And any thoughts on the pursuit of STEM in college/career (should that be her interest) after Holton?[/quote]

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