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[quote=Anonymous]When my child started K, I was wary of the mixed grade levels of KAH.  But it turned out to work out fine for my kindergartener, there were never any problems of being overwhelmed by the big kids.  My kids love it at KAH, they enjoy it there a lot.

They handle the kindergartners somewhat separately at times at KAH.  The counselors go pick them up from their classroom to bring them to KAH.  They do the homework time separately in an empty K classroom - the K kids aren't expected to do their homework at KAH as the older kids are (I guess because they can't work independently yet?), and the counselors read them a story or something similar in that time period.

I think its possible that a very timid kindergartener may be sensitive to the big group of kids, so it may depend on the kid.  But generally, I have seen many K kids do just fine, have not heard from another parent that it was a problem for their child.

Also, the KAH staff are rock stars about keeping track of your kid!  my child goes to KAH some afternoons per week and rides the bus on others, which can be confusing for a kindergartener.  One time the teacher accidentally sent my Kindergartener to ride the bus home on a KAH day, but the KAH director noticed immediately, and has an action plan for such a mistake, jumped in his car, went to my house and picked my kid up and brought him back to KAH in minutes. I was impressed with KAH's handling of this potentially scary school mistake. I talked to another parent who had the same situation come up (kid sent on bus who should be at KAH that day), and the KAH director got to her house before the child even got home on the bus!   [/quote]

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