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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your child is interested in art, it may be a great program.  My child is interested in music, dance, and the performing arts (sounds pretentious, wish dc were as taken with Writers Workshop).  DC really enjoyed Fillmore for the two years (grades 3 and 4) that she attended a Fillmore school.  Her choices included chorus, advanced strings, and musical theatre with the fabulous Mr. Lee (I think) who is now retired.  Another teacher -- whom I pegged as a dud during an open house -- apparently improved dramatically and became really popular the following year, even among demanding parents.  At a student showcase, I was really surprised (in a good way) to see that yet another teacher succeeded in teaching my DC and several other students a jazz routine to "A Train" that was far more complex than anything my DC had done at WSB student performances.  Thanks to Fillmore strings program, DC figured out that reading music is important in advancing as a violinist, and requested that we change her private lesson music teacher to someone who would teach sight reading.

I think my DC really enjoyed being able to choose an adventure independently.  In one case, a class was not working out, so DC took the initiative to transfer into another.  On some level, DC viewed the teachers as role models because they were working artists.  DC is now at a non-Fillmore school and after the first month asked "But when do we start going to Fillmore?"  DC misses it so much.  For DC, Fillmore filled a strong need that I did not know existed.  Really disappointed to learn it may not survive.[/quote]

Amending to clarify teacher I pegged as a dud was NOT "A Train" teacher.[/quote]

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