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[quote=Anonymous]I'm the mom of a soon-to-be 1st grader at E.L. Haynes. We've been at the school for 3 years. I was just asked by a friend of a friend who just got in off the waiting list for my feedback on our overall experiences of the school, and particularly on the year-round program aspect  so I'm cutting and pasting some of what I just typed to her this morning (or perhaps this is the same person?)  Here it is:

My daughter has been attending for 3 years now.  Overall, we've generally been very pleased. The teachers and staff are pretty consistently awesome. My daughter has LOVED all her teachers and loves the school. The year-round schedule has it's benefits, but quite frankly it isn't really a traditional year-round school schedule, which typically has a much shorter summer break and breaks of 2-4 weeks after every six weeks of school. When I tell people the school is year-round I usually get raised eyebrows or "Wow, really? She goes to school through the summer?" And the answer to that is "no, not really." We still do camp and summer vacations. We get a 6-7 week summer break, 4 of which intersession is available (this year we are ending the same day as DCPS and going back only 2-weeks before them), a 2-week break in October, 2-3 weeks at the winter holiday and a 2-week spring break. During those breaks the kids can go to intersession classes, which are theme-based classes that are educational but not as intense as a traditional academic school day. In my experience they've varied in quality, but overall my daughter has enjoyed them.

In regard to your concern about having a shy child, I can't speak to it personally since my child is rather outgoing, but from what I've seen the teachers are very well trained in handling all types of personalities and issues with children.  They also do home visits for Pre-K students during the first week of school so your child will meet their teacher in the comfort of his/her home before even starting school. This was really nice, especially our first year.

To the poster here on DCUM, we did our tour after we got in.  They should schedule one for you if you call.  Bethany Molitor is the director of family communications and she is AWESOME.  You should ask for her when you call.  Good luck and let me know if you have any other questions.
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