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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can you elaborate more on what makes the programming great? Does it seem to work for most kids? [/quote]

My kid is at a different AT campus but yes it is rigorous and he is learning a ton. I haven't spent any time in any other schools so I can't say that nobody else operates like this, but I know my son is doing more structured work than his neighbor friends. They have homework every week (simple worksheets where they practice writing letters and numbers, identify words that rhyme, measure things around the house, etc.). In addition to the typical centers they do small groups with the teachers where they work on letters, numbers, shapes, sight words, and skills of the week. [b]It's all reinforced in aftercare[/b]. Since the school is only PK3 and 4, all 8 classrooms are doing the same unit so every few weeks the whole hallway changes themes.

AT has a reputation for a lot of testing but the tests are only partly to monitor the kids' progress--it's primarily to see if the curriculum is working. The school management is very data-driven, but I've found the teachers to be really fun and doting (if strict--tight attendance, tardiness, and behavior policies).[/quote]

Currently at AT Lincoln Park and I have to say the school is fabulous and we are very happy, the aftercare is a complexity different story and sucks.  There is a lot of yelling and indifference and more times than I can count the "teachers" in aftercare are on their phones or yelling at the kids.    It is an overall safe environment, but there is little or no continuation of the educations structure of the day.[/quote]

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