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[quote=Anonymous]Thank you so much for your reply!

I am interested in progressive education and an understanding that young children do not work best chained to desks. Project based learning and arts infused curriculum are important.
I was able to visit three out of the four schools that I listed. I loved the small class sizes and all of the arts curriculum at Creative City. The students were really engaged and the teachers seemed great.  It is really new though. Could you please elaborate on negative things that you've heard?

Hampstead Hill was beautiful with lots of staff/resources, but they use direct instruction and I found it too rigid and systematic for our daughter. They don't infuse critical thinking and creative play in their main lesson, but save them for "enrichment" sessions twice a week (and I think that's only for the highest and lowest achieving students...pulled out separately from the rest of the class).

Patterson Park was actually really great with a very engaging principal and such a warm sense of community. It is less rigid than Hampstead Hill, but maybe not as much art as Creative City (although they still bring in artists and have lots of resources). Overall, I was pretty impressed, but would welcome additional info.

I have not toured Tunbridge yet, but we are still just on the waiting list...which means right now I am between Patterson Park and Creative City. [/quote]

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