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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks. I'm the 4th grade parent. I fully expect that a substantial amount of learning will occur outside of school, and I'm comfortable with that. That would be true at any school, but moreso at SH. With a curious kid, that hopefully will happen mostly naturally, with extracurricular reading, Smithsonian visits, etc., but I also expect it to include online learning, parental tutoring, and things like CHAW and Hill center classes. It sounds like you're both less optimistic about the quality of SH and have higher expectations about the extent to which a middle school should push kids academically.

Thanks for the polite but frank comments. [/quote]

Just a warning, PP, from a parent with older kids on the Hill. The opportunities for learning outside of school are very different for elementary school students as opposed to middle and high school students. I felt the exact same way as you did when my kids were younger. As long as they were reading, messing around with science experiments in the kitchen, and involved with extracurricular activities and classes as CHAW, they were ok going to their not-so-challenging elementary school. Now that they’re older, their extracurricular activities are based at school. Classes at CHAW and the Hill Center are geared toward younger students. My older kids do spend lots of time on Khan Academy, as well as trying to take part in as many cultural opportunities (Smithsonian Museums, theater, etc) on the weekends. However, school is where they spend the bulk of their time and where I need them to be pushed academically. I’m just not going to be able to teach them physics or calculus or world history in any systematic way after the school day.

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