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[quote=Anonymous]My son with adhd transitioned to Catholic school in 4th grade as well. It was an extremely tough transition because he got used to doing the absolute bare minimum in public school. In public they didn’t seem to care about spelling, punctuation, penmanship, etc. He rarely turned in work and when he did it was often late, half done, and sloppy.

So moving from that experience to be in a classroom with students who have been in Catholic school for four years (k,1,2 and 3) and are used to the routine and high expectations was challenging.

My son was absolutely amazed and horrified that absolutely everything that was assigned needed to be turned in no matter what. You are absent, you get pulled out, you don’t understand, you forgot your workbook or textbook at school- doesn’t matter you still need to do it. And you had to turn in quality work. That year was rough.

He toughed it out and stayed through 8th grade. I didn’t always agree with how they did things but I just kept reminding myself that grades don’t count at this age and it’s more important to learn study skills. In 9th grade back at public school he got straight A’s.

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